Talk:Lake Maggiore
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Hi, Thanks for starting this article, but you'll want to take a look at Wikitravel:What's an article? and Wikitravel:Article naming conventions. There are two problems with this article:
- We don't do bodies of water (i.e. lakes), only destinations like cities, etc. It makes sense if you think about how you don't really eat sleep or shop in a lake ;-)
- The article name should reflect the most common English name for the location, so it would just be "Lake Maggiore" Other versions of the name (i.e. Italian, French, and German) should be included in the article so people can search for it.
So, there are two things we can do:
- Delete this article
- Move it to Lake Maggiore Region or Lake District (Italy). I suggest the second one (the Italy part is to distinguish it from the Lake District in England, see the article naming conventions for more about this).
Hope this helps! Majnoona 12:24, 10 Apr 2005 (EDT)
- I disagree. I think that Lake Maggiore would make a good geographical district. Just as there is an article on the English Lake District and many on National Parks, so there could be one for this lake. It's a chance to point out the main points of interest, the main towns etc. If I was going to this area, I would certainly be looking for Wikitravel to provide a brief overview of the area.
- I am not sure that there is a need to rename it as the Lake Maggiore Region - for a lake this big, isn't there an implicit assumption that we're talking about a region, rather than just the lake itself.
- I think that there is potential for an article on the Italian Lakes, but as they are very spread out, it would probably be better to have ones on Lake Como and Lake Garda separately. Anyone think differently? DanielC 19:42, 10 Apr 2005 (BST)
- I totally agree that it's a valid region.. So we can have both-- how about Lake District (Italy) with general info about the region-- ie how some of it is in Switzerland the nice weather etc... and then one article for each of the specific Lake regions? Of course, those would have links to the cities in those regions. How's that sound? In any case the (Lago Maggiore) part should be removed. Majnoona 14:26, 10 Apr 2005 (EDT)
- I just did a check of the other Lake place we have and you're right, we don't seem to include the word "Region" so never mind about that! Majnoona 14:28, 10 Apr 2005 (EDT)
