Just to be consistent, I am saying that I believe all products should be consistent.
Seriously, I do believe that. I do not believe we should deviate from the standard. It adds clarity and consistency. An example that I did not see others bring up may be when a county has several cities including one of the same name as the county. If the county was not included, then something would be needed to distinguish the city from the county.
Maybe the search engine could be changed to find "Saint George, Washington, Utah" when someone searchs for "Saint George, Utah" or even "St. George, Utah" (wait, it that example belong in the abbreviation thread?).
How to recommend naming a town within an article title?
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Probate districts vs town probate districts
. And we'll have to deal with probate districts in Vermont and Connecticut, as well.
Townships (see comments on that thread) in New York are a little like the Towns of New England, in that there is a system of Township Historians in place in that state, and they compile records of genealogical interest for genealogists.[/quote]
and Rhode Island, too.
Connecticut and Vermont are complicated - 2 or more towns will be in a single probate district. A example is Sharon district, Connecticut - it includes Sharon, Salisbury and Kent only in Litchfield County. Considerable research is involved to identify towns in each probate district and begining and end dates of each town in particular probate district.
Vermont - at least in Windsor County - there are 2 districts. Windsor district covers only Springfield, Cavendish, Chester, Ludlow, Plymouth, Reading, Swanzey, Weathersfield, Windsor. The other district is named Hartford and it covers the rest of that county.
Townships (see comments on that thread) in New York are a little like the Towns of New England, in that there is a system of Township Historians in place in that state, and they compile records of genealogical interest for genealogists.[/quote]
and Rhode Island, too.
Connecticut and Vermont are complicated - 2 or more towns will be in a single probate district. A example is Sharon district, Connecticut - it includes Sharon, Salisbury and Kent only in Litchfield County. Considerable research is involved to identify towns in each probate district and begining and end dates of each town in particular probate district.
Vermont - at least in Windsor County - there are 2 districts. Windsor district covers only Springfield, Cavendish, Chester, Ludlow, Plymouth, Reading, Swanzey, Weathersfield, Windsor. The other district is named Hartford and it covers the rest of that county.
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Maybe the search engine could be changed to find "Saint George, Washington, Utah" when someone searchs for "Saint George, Utah" or even "St. George, Utah" (wait, it that example belong in the abbreviation thread?).[/quote]
in Wikipedia, St. is standard and if somebody type Saint George, it automatically revert to St. George in search
in Wikipedia, St. is standard and if somebody type Saint George, it automatically revert to St. George in search
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The wiki search returns 'Saint George, Utah' first, then 'Saint George, Washington, Utah'. It did not return the article titled 'Saint George', or 'Utah'. So, barring an article titled 'Saint George, Utah' that is not about the city, the search would do what you expected it to do. In any case, as long as you do not use the 'Go' search, 'Saint George, Washington, Utah' will show in the list of results. (tested on my sandbox wiki)Thomas_Lerman wrote:Just to be consistent, I am saying that I believe all products should be consistent.
Seriously, I do believe that. I do not believe we should deviate from the standard. It adds clarity and consistency. An example that I did not see others bring up may be when a county has several cities including one of the same name as the county. If the county was not included, then something would be needed to distinguish the city from the county.
Maybe the search engine could be changed to find "Saint George, Washington, Utah" when someone searchs for "Saint George, Utah" or even "St. George, Utah" (wait, it that example belong in the abbreviation thread?).
This does get hairy with a place like 'New York, New York, New York' as 'New York, New York' could be a city/state, a city/county, or county/state record. (see disambiguation )
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It looks like my posting was not terribly clear . . . too many postings at once getting too much in my brain. I believe I was referring to the "Go" search. Can it be changed to allow case insensitive searches and/or other kinds of searches? The St. George example could produce one of those "Did you mean 'Saint George, Washington, Utah'?" messages.