Sounds wonderful, but that is a purely personal comment.
Cheerio John
On Sat, Jul 20, 2019, 2:13 PM dcapillae, <dcapil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am Daniel, from Spain. I would like to change the name of the wiki
> pages related to the Canada mapping project to remove the "Wikiproject"
> prefix following the pages name conventions [1].
>
> The name of the pages related to the Canada mapping project would be
> "Canada" (name of place) instead of "Wikiproject Canada", as recommended
> by the wiki conventions. It is a change that I have already made in
> United States [2], Spain [3], and all Spanish speaking countries in the
> OSM Wiki [4], consulting with their communities beforehand. Hard work
> but good results.
>
> I could make the necessary changes, no problem, and also add the
> "Country" template [5] to the Canada project page, although this change
> is optional.
>
> Some questions from your OSMCanada Slack group:
>
> 1.- What affect does it have on the wiki to be frank?
>
> Really, not much. Instead of "WikiProject Canada" the pages change to
> "Canada" (place name) to make direct reference to the country object of
> the mapping project, following the wiki conventions. The rest will
> remain the same (no changes).
>
> 2.- Will there be a redirect to Canada page?
>
> Of course. You can search for "Canada" directly in the wiki. And if
> someone shares a link to "WikiProject Canada", it will link directly to
> the Canada mapping project ("Canada" page in the wiki).
>
> 3.- Is it going to break old links to it?
>
> No, not at all. The redirects will be automatic.
>
>
> I have posted a message on the wiki about this subject [6]. Please,
> comment there if you want to send me your opinions.
>
>
> Thank you for your attention. Greetings from Spain!
>
> Regards,
>
> Daniel
>
>
> [1]
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Wiki_organisation#Pages_naming_convention
>
> [2] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States
>
> [3] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Spain
>
> [4]
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Spanish_speaking_countries
>
> [5] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Template:Country
>
> [6]
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:WikiProject_Canada#Removing_.22WikiProject.22_prefix
>
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