Help talk:HowTo/Select a place

Cities [3 January 2017]

Outside the United States and Canada a city is a specific type of place, ususally with a high population density and covering a fair-sized area. It certainly does not refer to a place with a population of only 100 or so. There are still some people who will only accept places with cathedrals to be cities. (That was a fact taught to my children when they were in elementary school.) I suggest using the word "municipality" instead, or put the emphasis on townships.

--Goldenoldie 20:05, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Done--DataAnalyst 01:29, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

Street addresses -- rewording [3 January 2017]

"As a general rule, WeRelate's place database does not support any place smaller than a city, except for cemeteries. That is, it does not include neighborhoods, hospitals or churches, <or street addresses>. If you wish to specify that an event took place in a particular church, enter the city name in the place field and the church name in the description field." <If you are adding census information and have the street address, it should also go in the description field.>--Goldenoldie 20:11, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Done--DataAnalyst 01:29, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

"If you don't get a match" [3 January 2017]

This is great---and sooooo important.

--Goldenoldie 20:15, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

I thought you might like that, after all the effort you have put into place pages.--DataAnalyst 01:31, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

Another small change [9 January 2017]

As it stands
"Note: WeRelate matches on exactly what is typed, so spelling matters; however, capitalization does not."
Suggestion
"Note: WeRelate matches on exactly what is typed, so spelling matters (including hyphens); however, capitalization does not."

For this reason, England will have very few hyphens when I finish with it. The website A Vision of Britain through Time follows this policy. Currently, the usage of hyphens is exceedingly variable. One can never remember what town has hyphens between its two, three, or four words, and which one doesn't. They also tend to get dropped or adopted over time. --Goldenoldie 21:27, 9 January 2017 (UTC)