Wikitravel:Huge city article template - Revision history

IBobi: Reverted edits by W. Frank (Talk) to last version by Graham87

2012-10-19T20:01:23Z

Reverted edits by W. Frank (Talk) to last version by Graham87

W. Frank: /* Get out */ brand new community consensus to replace "Get out" heading with "Go next" per Wikitravel_talk:Article_templates#Approval_vote

2012-10-18T19:30:59Z

‎Get out: brand new community consensus to replace "Get out" heading with "Go next" per Wikitravel_talk:Article_templates#Approval_vote

Graham87: /* Districts */ copyedit

2012-03-12T12:02:22Z

‎Districts: copyedit

Peterfitzgerald: /* Stay safe */

2011-10-14T23:50:16Z

‎Stay safe

Globe-trotter: added Stay healthy, moved Stay safe above Contact

2011-10-14T19:52:07Z

added Stay healthy, moved Stay safe above Contact

Peterfitzgerald: /* Cope */ +info on embassies

2011-09-23T03:18:04Z

‎Cope: +info on embassies

Globe-trotter: Undo revision 1748448 by 74.73.29.134 (Talk)

2011-09-09T22:41:56Z

Undo revision 1748448 by 74.73.29.134 (Talk)

74.73.29.134: added listing

2011-09-09T22:23:08Z

added listing

Globe-trotter at 23:50, 6 September 2011

2011-09-06T23:50:14Z

Globe-trotter: turned into cautionbox

2011-08-25T14:13:42Z

turned into cautionbox

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 ''Don't put something here when it could fit in one of the other sections. If there's nothing to put in this section, leave it out.''
-==Go next==
+==Get out==
 ''Information about nearby destinations that would serve as a good "next stop." Provide a brief description of other nearby destination suggestions, neighboring cities or day-trip ideas. Don't duplicate information that's up in "Get in."''

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 ''Don't put something here when it could fit in one of the other sections. If there's nothing to put in this section, leave it out.''
-==Get out==
+==Go next==
 ''Information about nearby destinations that would serve as a good "next stop." Provide a brief description of other nearby destination suggestions, neighboring cities or day-trip ideas. Don't duplicate information that's up in "Get in."''

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 ==Districts==
-''Most of the meat of the information about a huge city is divided up into the individual district articles. You should list the districts here, as well as a short blurb about the district that lets readers know what is most relevant about the district for travel, what neighborhoods constitute the district, etc. Every district listed should have clearly defined borders to make it easy for other Wikitravelers to know where to stick new listings. See the [[Wikitravel:District article template|District article template]] for the structure of district articles.''
+''Most of the meat of the information about a huge city is divided up into the individual district articles. You should list the districts here, as well as a short blurb about the district that lets readers know what is most relevant about the district for travel, which neighborhoods constitute the district, etc. Every district listed should have clearly defined borders to make it easy for other Wikitravelers to know where to stick new listings. See the [[Wikitravel:District article template|District article template]] for the structure of district articles.''
 ''Before you plunge forward creating districts, read [[Wikitravel:Geographical hierarchy#Districts in cities|recommendations on when (not) to districtify]]--following them will help the community with maintenance of the articles for city and its districts in the future.''

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 ==Stay safe==
-''This is a section for general safety tips. If there are crime problems in the city, list them here.''
+''This is a section for general safety tips. If there are crime problems in the city, describe them here.''
 ==Stay healthy==

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 *Enjoy the luxury of '''Hotel 1''' in [[Wikitravel:not an article|District 4]], famous for its ....
 *Everybody wants to stay at hip, happenin' '''Hotel 2''' in [[Wikitravel:not an article|District 6]].
 ==Contact==
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 *Cheap Internet available in '''Internet Cafe 1''' in [[Wikitravel:not an article|District 3]].
 ==Cope==

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 ==Cope==
-''This section is for all those little items that people need to know when they're in a city. Where can you do laundry? Go to a gym? Get computers repaired? Anything that has to do with the practicalities of daily life should go here.''
+''This section is for all those little items that people need to know when they're in a city. Where can you do laundry? Go to a gym? Get computers repaired? Anything that has to do with the practicalities of daily life should go here.
 ''Don't put something here when it could fit in one of the other sections. If there's nothing to put in this section, leave it out.''

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 ==Buy==
 ''The travellers' dirty secret: we like souvenirs. What would be good to buy in this city? Local crafts? How about general shopping -- clothes, travel equipment, other? Give general tips about what to buy and where to shop in the city, preferably pointing to district pages for the full scoop.''
 ==Eat==

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:50, 6 September 2011
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−	{{~~cautionbox~~\|This is an informational [[Wikitravel:article templates\|template]] that describes the structure to use when creating articles about absolutely huge cities. '''Editing this template will not create a new article;''' for information on how to create new articles see [[Wikitravel:How to start a new page]].}}	+	{{disclaimerbox\|This is an informational [[Wikitravel:article templates\|template]] that describes the structure to use when creating articles about absolutely huge cities. '''Editing this template will not create a new article;''' for information on how to create new articles see [[Wikitravel:How to start a new page]].}}

	''If a city is so big that we really can't keep all its information in one page, we break it up into districts, each of which has its own article -- see the [[Wikitravel:district article template\|district article template]] for starting those. In general, we keep summary info on the page about the city, with links to the pages about each district, and highlights from those pages.''		''If a city is so big that we really can't keep all its information in one page, we break it up into districts, each of which has its own article -- see the [[Wikitravel:district article template\|district article template]] for starting those. In general, we keep summary info on the page about the city, with links to the pages about each district, and highlights from those pages.''

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:13, 25 August 2011
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−	{{~~disclaimerbox~~\|~~'''NOTE''':~~ This is an informational [[Wikitravel:article templates\|template]] that describes the structure to use when creating articles about absolutely huge cities. '''Editing this template will not create a new article;''' for information on how to create new articles see [[Wikitravel:How to start a new page]].}}	+	{{cautionbox\|This is an informational [[Wikitravel:article templates\|template]] that describes the structure to use when creating articles about absolutely huge cities. '''Editing this template will not create a new article;''' for information on how to create new articles see [[Wikitravel:How to start a new page]].}}

	''If a city is so big that we really can't keep all its information in one page, we break it up into districts, each of which has its own article -- see the [[Wikitravel:district article template\|district article template]] for starting those. In general, we keep summary info on the page about the city, with links to the pages about each district, and highlights from those pages.''		''If a city is so big that we really can't keep all its information in one page, we break it up into districts, each of which has its own article -- see the [[Wikitravel:district article template\|district article template]] for starting those. In general, we keep summary info on the page about the city, with links to the pages about each district, and highlights from those pages.''