Category talk:Queensland

Exept for Queensland, all the Australian graticules are classed directly in Australia, instead of in their state first. What do you guys want? Make it consistent for the whole country, then edit Creating a Graticule Page to match. -Robyn 06:19, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

• I shall be updating this for all Australian graticules in the near future. All grats will be entered in their states, and those that cover two (or three) states will be entered into all applicable categories. Consistentcy? What's that? -UnwiseOwl 01:07, 8 October 2008

• I'm not so sure that I agree. I think they should remain classed as Town, Australia as opposed to Town, State. In reality much of Australia will never be geohashed due to the vast and inaccessible nature of the majority of our continent. It is also far easier to look at the links from an international perspective and see the word Australia than Tasmania or Queensland. If we want to do any categorising we could sort the All Graticules page by state, but leave the designation as Town, Australia. --CJ 14:42, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

• Whoops, that was what I meant. I'll be categorising the grats, but I will leave them named Town, Country. Is there any that are named Town, State, Country anyway? --UnwiseOwl 01:16, 8 October 2008

• Okay that sounds good. So each grat page has the Category:Australia removed from it, and replaced with Category:(Appropriate State). Sounds good to me! Oh, and no, none are named Town, State, Country - they're all, Town, Australia at the moment. --CJ 14:49, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

• Heh, I keep trying to replay and getting edit conflicts. I think you guys have worked it out anyway. There is such a think as overcategorization. I think Australians identify with their city and country, but not with their state the way Americans do. Do you get politicians bragging about being from New South Wales or stereotypes about people from Queensland? Is there a purpose to be served by categorizing them in states? I think you answered the question by pointing out that Town, Country is the natural way to name them. It actually sounds odd to say "Dallas, United States" or "San Francisco, United States" and the US and Canada have many cities with the same names in different states and provinces. -Robyn 14:54, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

• Oh you have no idea how much people identify with the state that they come from. Whilst we all identify as Australian, there is very much a healthy rivalry between states, and bragging and jokes etc. This is a worthwhile exercise that I don't believe is over-categorising (although I agree that can happen) --CJ 15:01, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

• Plus, I wouldn't be suprised if we have naming conflicts here too, if people ever visit some of the more rural locations. We can be pretty unoriginal at naming things... --UnwiseOwl 01:36, 8 October 2008

• Mission Accomplished, now let's hope it will stay this way.--UnwiseOwl 01:55, 8 October 2008

• Love your work. I'll keep an eye on any new Aussie grats and make sure we keep it this way. --CJ 15:28, 7 October 2008 (UTC)