Talk:Beaverlodge, Alberta
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Can I safely assume that you wish to maintain the page, Robyn? -- relet 16:31, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
- Also, I am a bit confused. Here you argue that abbreviation codes for countries and provinces are poorly understood by other geohashers. Basically because of these concerns voiced by Benjw and you, I did not use them in the "generic" template. However you are now introducing them yourself. Why? -- relet 16:46, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
- a) No, I have no plans to maintain this page. I'll probably never go back to Beaverlodge and wouldn't notice if someone else changed the names of the neighbours.
- b) The province and state abbreviations are widely used. My own province is more likely than not referred to out loud as BC ("Bee See") and rarely as "British Columbia". Likewise we talk about the US ("You Ess"). But on the other hand, when websites try to abbreviate Canada as "CA" I think it's California, and it would be confusing to see the St. Pierre graticule as being "FR" instead of "France." There's no worldwide solution. Does that unconfuse you? -Robyn 01:09, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
- If needed, I will monitor the Alberta pages. Heck, I created most of them anyways. :D --Meghan 02:42, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
- Hmmm, ok. Sorry for being a bit confronting with my questions. I guess I really misunderstood a few things.
- Basically, when the discussion about pro or contra country codes came up, I understood that the main arguments were "Yes, they unclutter the box" vs. "No, other geohashers don't understand them". And to myself both are equally valid. Only now I get that the second argument really was "No, they are not even understood by the locals". Thanks for helping me sort that out. -- relet 07:25, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
- Yes, I think I tried to say, "Use only the ones locals use to refer to their own neighbours," but didn't get that across, probably because I had assumed you already understood "No, they are not even understood by the locals." Sometimes international uniformity isn't the best solution. -Robyn 14:47, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
