User:RandomP/Geographic terms
I've noticed lately that many articles describing a subject of limited geographic extent fail to provide a global context in the article heading. This is meant as a personal standard for when I fix such articles by providing global context, and which terms I consider acceptable to establish it. Ideally, every article that contains any geographic term should also include at least one of the acceptable terms.
Rather arbitrary, I'll admit.
Acceptable
[edit]Countries (geographic areas)
[edit]- continents
- most independent countries
- US states
- be careful to include "state" for Washington, New York
- include "U.S. state" except for California, Texas, New York (see above), Florida
- constituent countries of the UK: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Cities
[edit]- US
- New York City
- Washington, DC
- Boston (metro area)
- Chicago
- Detroit
- Los Angeles
- San Francisco
- Seattle
- UK
- London
- Birmingham
- Manchester
- Edinburgh
- other EU
- Paris
- Rome
- Madrid
- Berlin
- Canada
- Ottawa
- Montreal
- Vancouver
- Mexico
- Mexico City
Unacceptable
[edit]Countries
[edit]- Cornwall
- English/UK counties
- Canadian provinces or territories
- New England (US instead)
- Isle of Man (qualify as UK)
- any subdivision of the People's Republic of China
- German states