Anthere wrote:
I don't mind Ram-Man's bot so much, but I'd like to find an equivalent resource for towns *outside* of the U.S.
kq
40.000 french postal codes ???
You'll have to explain that to me. What's a postal code? Is that the same as a city? In the U.S. we frequently have a dozen or more postal codes in a single city. Anyway, if the entries would be more than a paragraph apiece and they seem like information that somebody might reasonably look for, then I don't see what's wrong with including it.
Wikipedia has been growing unevenly since it started; I don't see how we could possibly stop it from growing unevenly now, especially since it's run by volunteers. I just hope that some day all the basic topics are covered accurately, neutrally, and in depth. :-)
kq
--- koyaanisqatsi@nupedia.com wrote:
Anthere wrote:
I don't mind Ram-Man's bot so much, but I'd like
to
find an equivalent resource for towns *outside*
of
the U.S.
kq
40.000 french postal codes ???
You'll have to explain that to me. What's a postal code? Is that the same as a city? In the U.S. we frequently have a dozen or more postal codes in a single city. Anyway, if the entries would be more than a paragraph apiece and they seem like information that somebody might reasonably look for, then I don't see what's wrong with including it.
Wikipedia has been growing unevenly since it started; I don't see how we could possibly stop it from growing unevenly now, especially since it's run by volunteers. I just hope that some day all the basic topics are covered accurately, neutrally, and in depth. :-)
kq
ah, a postal code is similar to zipcodes in the us, or areacode in England (except those are very very accurate compared to ours). We have 36 679 communes. It is entirely related to postoffices localisation only. Most big cities (big communes) have several zipcodes (such as Paris, Lyon, Marseille), but a code postal can also be in relation with several small communes (in short, that's not a bijection relation at all, so it's a bit messy).
I believe it's probably very similar in the usa. But that means if you put 78000 : it is Versailles. You could have a nice article on Versailles maybe ? But 78001 is also Versailles, so what do you put here ? And in the 38140, there are several villages concerned...
Oh well, why not, but only if interesting information is on these pages, not only list just the code and the name of the communes concerned. This is already available on the net.
RamMan pages have contents, so there are fine.
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Anthere wrote:
--- koyaanisqatsi@nupedia.com wrote:
Anthere wrote:
I don't mind Ram-Man's bot so much, but I'd like to
find an equivalent resource for towns *outside* of
the U.S.
40.000 french postal codes ???
You'll have to explain that to me. What's a postal code? Is that the same as a city? In the U.S. we frequently have a dozen or more postal codes in a single city. Anyway, if the entries would be more than a paragraph apiece and they seem like information that somebody might reasonably look for, then I don't see what's wrong with including it.
ah, a postal code is similar to zipcodes in the us, or areacode in England (except those are very very accurate compared to ours). We have 36 679 communes. It is entirely related to postoffices localisation only. Most big cities (big communes) have several zipcodes (such as Paris, Lyon, Marseille), but a code postal can also be in relation with several small communes (in short, that's not a bijection relation at all, so it's a bit messy).
If somebody is really interested in postal codes the site http://www.escapeartist.com/global10/zip.htm has links to how the matter is treated in a large range of countries.
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