Wikipedia talk:WikiProject French communes/Archive 6

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Maps in Infobox French communes
Hi, I've modified the Infobox French commune so that it displays a collapsable regional map when available (they are already for Alsace, Basse-Normandie, Bretagne, Corse and Poitou-Charentes). This will only work if the coordinates (latitude and longitude) are specified in the infobox. There are many communes for which a different location map is used (4236 articles as of now), for example Trédion, which doesn't use coordinates. Hence the regional map doesn't work. In for example the article Bignan coordinates are available, and the regional map works.

Coordinates are available for all communes at French wikipedia. All we have to do is copy the fields "longitude" and "latitude" from the corresponding French article, and remove the fields "image map", "x", "y" and "lat long", see this diff for Bignan. It's an easy task, but a big one, and I could do with some help. Does anyone know whether a bot can do this? These are the relevant articles:. As far as I know, the articles are all about communes in the departments Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan, Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère, Seine-et-Marne, Essonne, Haute-Saône, Doubs, Jura, Territoire de Belfort, Somme. The four Breton departments would have my first priority, since that regional map is already avaliable. We can monitor progress at WikiProject French communes/Status. Markussep Talk 15:21, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I could help, If you want. Yottie (talk) 18:19, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I see you started with Côtes-d'Armor, looks good! Markussep Talk 19:18, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I'll continue when I have more time (i.e. probably tomorow). Yottie (talk) 19:41, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Why
Why is it necessary to have an article on each of the 30-odd thousand communes. Are they all notable? Are you aiming for 30-odd thousand good articles, or just a load of stubs? Weakopedia (talk) 04:04, 19 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Most populated places are considered notable, see Articles for deletion/Common outcomes. If the existence of a place can be verified through a reliable source, which is the case for all communes (see http://www.insee.fr), their articles aren't deleted. Notability (geography) states "Populated, legally-recognized places are, by a very large consensus, considered notable, even if the population is very low.". Markussep Talk 08:35, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

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