Category talk:en:Countries of North America
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Central America is generally considered to be a part of North America, and some words are in both categories. Should we merge Central into North, or make North exclusively for terms not in Central? There wouldn't be many countries left in North America then. —CodeCat 20:38, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
- I think only Mexico, Canada and the United States are considered to be North America proper, but I could be wrong. DonnanZ (talk) 23:40, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
- Yeah that's what I mean. If we're going to make North and Central mutually exclusive categories, then the North category will be pretty empty. So the alternative, deleting the Central category, probably makes more sense. —CodeCat 00:03, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
- I'd say Central America is the part of mainland North America that extends from Panama to Guatemala and Belize, so North America minus Central America leaves not only Mexico, Canada, and the U.S. but also Greenland, the Bahamas, and the countries of the Caribbean. I'd make CAT:Countries of Central America a subcat of CAT:Countries of North America. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 08:21, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
- AFAICT, the "countries of (continent)" categories otherwise contain direct lists of all countries on that continent, without subdivision (e.g. there is no "Catergory:en:Countries of Southeast Asia"). Leaving "Countries of North America" for some countries and making users click through to a subcategory to find the other countries, effectively ghettoizing those countries, is bad for usability IMO. I support recategorizing the Central American countries directly into the North American category. - -sche (discuss) 17:53, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
- So far, it looks like all the entries in "Central" are also in "North", so it merely duplicates it. —CodeCat 13:49, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
- OK, I've started merging the Central American category into the North American category. - -sche (discuss) 22:11, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
- So far, it looks like all the entries in "Central" are also in "North", so it merely duplicates it. —CodeCat 13:49, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
- AFAICT, the "countries of (continent)" categories otherwise contain direct lists of all countries on that continent, without subdivision (e.g. there is no "Catergory:en:Countries of Southeast Asia"). Leaving "Countries of North America" for some countries and making users click through to a subcategory to find the other countries, effectively ghettoizing those countries, is bad for usability IMO. I support recategorizing the Central American countries directly into the North American category. - -sche (discuss) 17:53, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
- I'd say Central America is the part of mainland North America that extends from Panama to Guatemala and Belize, so North America minus Central America leaves not only Mexico, Canada, and the U.S. but also Greenland, the Bahamas, and the countries of the Caribbean. I'd make CAT:Countries of Central America a subcat of CAT:Countries of North America. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 08:21, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
- Yeah that's what I mean. If we're going to make North and Central mutually exclusive categories, then the North category will be pretty empty. So the alternative, deleting the Central category, probably makes more sense. —CodeCat 00:03, 14 June 2017 (UTC)