On 8/22/06, Bogdan Giusca liste@dapyx.com wrote:
D> For example, we have at least a basic article on every single town in D> the U.S. (thanks to the census database) and almost all in the U.K., but D> don't even have articles for every state or province of some countries, D> let alone all the cities and towns.
There are a lot of cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants for which we have no article...
I probably wouldn't be surprised if there were cities in China, India, Indonesia etc with more than 500,000 or even 1 million with no article.
Fun fact: there is a European city with 160,000 inh. having no article!
You're winning so far ;)
I can guess that the number of missing incumbents is around a couple of thousands. Many of them ruled countries of which the average westerner never heard. :-)
Yeah, it would be a shame if *notable* former rulers were missing...
Steve