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Greetings and felicitations. The section title is awkward, but I can't think of a better way to phrase it. In particular with cities (and other larger areas), what coordinates should I use—the geographic center of the area in question, or the business district/center of activity? —DocWatson42 (talk) 04:06, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Edit: An example: North Haven, Maine. One set of coordinates was in the infobox, and another at the bottom of the article (as is often the case with American municipalities and counties), which I moved to the infobox, to aid in comparing the two. The first points to the northern part of the island, near the (possible) geographic center of the island, while the second appears to point to the business district. —DocWatson42 (talk) 04:14, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@DocWatson42: Many settlements grew up around the place where two transport routes met, such as a crossroads, or a bridge over a river. I would pick that point, if it can be identified. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:13, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Since we are encouraging people to use GeoGroup, can we get it fixed as it is not working at all, just hangs when you try to display all the coords. Kerry (talk) 23:23, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
At what point does the size of the population stop mattering? I have been generally ignoring populations smaller than 10,000 and just entering the unmodified "city" parameter—is this correct? (Reposted from 27 May 2023.) —DocWatson42 (talk) 21:02, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings and felicitations. Are there any consequences to placing this template at the top of articles—will it foul anything up? (I have a vague recollection of seeing a mention that it does, but would like specific and concrete information.) —DocWatson42 (talk) 01:34, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
MOS:ORDER says to put it between the navboxes and categories; but if it has |display=title (without inline) it could, in theory, be placed almost anywhere (like categories). It's conventional to put it at the bottom. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 23:10, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I know the convention—I'm just wondering about the consequences of an alternative, mostly because this would put it where it displays, and make it easier to find. —DocWatson42 (talk) 23:37, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
