Add "province" and "country" to the dropdown to the "location, settlement" article template.
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Add "province" and "country" to the dropdown to the "location, settlement" article template.
New Feature Addition · Articles & templates · Created by Logan Mountain
declined
What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?
How does this feature request address the current situation?
What are other uses for this feature request?
Follow up
uhhhhh ... my cat literally jumped on my keyboard while I was setting this up and now I can't remove or edit it ...
well ... since I havent heard anything about how to fixe/delete this ... I'm just going to go with it! lol @Horazath ..... Firstly, the "country" one I can sort of see using "National Territory", but they're technically not the same thing. ..... Secondly, there is no "province" anywhere. It's not an option in either "location" or "settlement" ..... Thirdly: what you're saying is like saying you " you could just hammer that screw into the wood, why do you need a screw driver?" maybe I technically can, but that doesn't actually fix the problem ...... FINALLY: Even if there WAS a "province" under the "location" template, I would still want it under "settlement". The "location" template is used for things like "waterfall" or "lake", it's even alternatively labeled as "geography". A province isn't a geological thing, its a cultural/political construct ... like a village, or a district ... a province IS a settlement, it's a large settlement, but it's a settlement. AND when you look at the prompts and sections of the settlement article, those are the ones that apply to a province, not the ones under location/geography. Settlement is literally the only template that "province" should be under. ... and I would very much like to be able to label the provinces of my world as such. If it weren't for my cat I would have written all of that in the original thing lol
... total side note ... I was wondering why "province" wasn't already there! I'm Canadian, so it's the main way we divide the country. I looked it up and learned something! ... Canada, China and a small handful of european countries are the only countries in the northern hemisphere that use provinces!!! ... most of europe (UK, France, Germany, Spain, etc etc etc), the US, and even Australia use something like states, regions, districts, etc! The most common use of "provinces" is actually in South America and Africa! ... anyway, I don't know why I find that interesting, but I'm a weird nerd and I find random stuff lik this intersting lol .... OH! AND! I just thought of another reason why "provinces" should be in the settlement dropdown: state, district, and ward are there arlready there and a province is just a variation on what wikipedia is calling a "first level administrative division" lol :) ... so ya ... please add province to the settlement type dropdown ... now that I'm here and feeling a bit greedy, maybe "municipality" and "county" should be added too lol
... And yet another addition lol ... I was just informed that there is a "Geopolitical, Province" type under the "Organization" drop down ... and that's great! I'm really glad that's there, it makes a sort of sense. BUT! the reason I didn't know that already was because it never even occured to me to check, because a province is not an organization ... a province can HAVE a government or organization that administers it ... but a province is an area in which people live (i.e. a settlement) ... a province is an organization or government to exact same degree that a town, or colony, or neighbourhood is an organiaztion ... that is to say: they aren't ... they may all HAVE some administrative organization governing or even defining them, but they are still all settlements, just like provinces (and countries, but I'll pick my battles).
The Team's Response
Hello there, we have discussed this within our weekly full-team meeting and we came to the conclusion we will not be making this change. The cases of province/country is already handled by the Organization template and adding something like that will further muddle the waters and the spirit of the Settlement template. y The "National Territory" already present can handle something larger scale than a city if you still want to use this template to describe your countries.
Current score
113/300 Votes · +20814 points
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by BeanMcDanny
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by Slinkadath
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by monstermylo
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by CristalViper
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by A Lusty Elf
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by Keslak
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by A Cute Ooze
on 2023-01-10 23:37Sure, why not.
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by Writing Bishop
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by KaiserPodge
on 2023-01-10 18:35 -
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by A Cute Mlem
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by A Filthy Devil
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by Yepthom
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by Dorstein
on 2023-01-10 08:50 -
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by RoboticGuardian
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by Nightgaara
on 2023-01-09 22:37 -
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by toffepajja
on 2023-01-09 16:50I'm fine with how/where nations are put at the moment, but I'd love to have province, since they're different from regions (at least in Sweden).
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by N. Crane
on 2023-01-09 02:07 -
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by xSpazztic
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by RClayton
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by A Rambunctious Hobbit
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by Roaming Valkyrie
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by Felixora
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by DHDM
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by Drahauk
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by ano19920
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by Tykadlo
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by Nekosmash
on 2023-01-05 14:15 -
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by A Enfeebled Unicorn
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by 1337spectra
on 2023-01-05 08:48 -
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by prochainniveau
on 2023-01-03 22:29 -
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by Kal Onski
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by masquerin
on 2023-01-03 14:32 -
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by GlJonny
on 2023-01-03 13:11 -
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by firestormblast
on 2023-01-03 09:24 -
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by PrincessESH
on 2023-01-03 04:51You just blew my mind about using the settlement template for countries and stuff. And if "state" and "region" are already there, I see no reason "province" and your other suggestions can't be!
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by Rains Up Games
on 2023-01-03 01:38 -
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by ShingoTwingo
on 2023-01-03 00:20 -
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by Chailise
on 2023-01-02 22:00 -
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by FictionFan1995
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by Tirnel
on 2023-01-02 16:37 -
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by Rab and Gana
on 2023-01-02 15:39 -
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by amelianite
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by Eloran7
on 2023-01-01 23:48 -
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by ☀Synemon~Plana☀
on 2023-01-01 23:25 -
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by Pete Nelson
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by KK Gore
on 2023-01-01 04:24 -
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by Djinn
on 2022-12-31 17:03 -
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by AuraGuard
on 2022-12-31 09:06With the clarity provided by the follow up, this gets my full support. I've been having a lot of difficulty organizing stuff because of this issue, and the proposed solution would be very helpful to my workflow. Also: Silly kitty. (Lol, maybe a new dropdown option should be "Cat on Keyboard.")
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by Finn_haih
on 2022-12-31 04:09 -
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by Mme88
on 2022-12-31 03:18 -
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by Darkassassin
on 2022-12-31 02:42 -
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by macwithoutcheese
on 2022-12-31 01:38 -
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by PrismCoalition
on 2022-12-31 00:26 -
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by mjvalentine
on 2022-12-30 22:51 -
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by A Mischievous Dwarf
on 2022-12-30 19:41 -
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by Dunnxx
on 2022-12-30 18:01 -
-100
by Horazath
on 2022-12-30 13:53Both provinces and countries can be created with other templates, which would be much more applicable.
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by SueScamander
on 2022-12-30 13:32 -
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by 13Fistofdeath
on 2022-12-30 13:24 -
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by Goreface
on 2022-12-30 04:54 -
+100
by TigLib6229
on 2022-12-30 01:53 -
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by Ramses II
on 2022-12-29 22:39 -
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by holydemiurge
on 2022-12-29 19:58 -
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by Adcheryl
on 2022-12-29 18:30 -
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by A Beloved Dwarf
on 2022-12-29 17:09I personally use geography for regions and organization for countries. I don't see this passing, especially the country one. The province could be implemented. Give a treat to the cat for stopping this suggestion for me haha
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+100
by Tijmuhn
on 2022-12-29 13:21 -
+100
by A Fierce Mlem
on 2022-12-29 04:05 -
+1
by DaGannondorf
on 2022-12-29 01:26 -
+300
by Logan Mountain
on 2022-12-28 22:52
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