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Settlement type, please hang on with that

Hi, I think you're misusing "settlement type" when you change it in all those infoboxes to "capital city". "Settlement" type refers to the legal classification of a defined area, depending on whether it's unincorporated or incorporated and, in the latter case, whether it operates as a city, town, borough, village, county, upazila, district, etc. Each of these that is defined in the larger jurisdiction that it belongs to has specific meanings regarding its municipal government and its powers as well as which services they provide and which are provided by the larger jurisdiction. That one of these is also the capital of a containing jurisdiction is a separate matter from that.

So, for example, if the state of New York were to redesignate its capital, currently Albany (which is designated by the state as a city), as any of Richmond County, the city of White Plains, the town of Mount Pleasant, or the village of Harrison, each of these would still be and operate internally as, respectively, a county, a city, a town, or a village. And that's what that entry in the infobox is intended to convey. (See Administrative divisions of New York (state).) Largoplazo (talk) 22:35, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'd seen your user name next to a couple of the edits in my watchlist but am now noticing that most the edits were made under an IP address, with only two of them having been made by you while logged in. I'm pointing this out to you in case you're concerned about revealing the connection between your account and that IP address. Largoplazo (talk) 22:55, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've just opened this up for discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cities#User changing settlement-type to "Capital city", to see how particularly interested people feel about this. Even if you disagree with me, I'd appreciate it if you'd hold off on additional edits to see if anyone chimes in. Largoplazo (talk) 23:08, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop making these changes to the Settlement type in the infoboxes. These changes are against the purpose of the field as defined in the infobox instructions. You have been asked to stop and most of your edits reverted but you still continue. If you continue this is considered disruptive editing. Canterbury Tail talk 12:49, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I apologize. Am I still able to add capital city to capital cities of countries if it is not listed?

Again sorry. ThaGreenlander (talk) 13:54, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's not a valid use of the infobox parameter. Stop adding capital city to the settlements, they will be reverted. If you continue to do so you will be blocked from editing for disruptive editing. Canterbury Tail talk 14:08, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Understood. I was only trying to help but seem to not understand all the workings of Wikipedia. I will stop doing that :) ThaGreenlander (talk) 15:42, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies. Seems like I don’t fully understand how Wikipedia works and like stated above was only trying to help. I will hold off on any similar edits :) ThaGreenlander (talk) 15:43, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you that's all we're asking. We all have to learn somewhere. However when someone asks you to stop doing something you should engage in discussion, not continue doing it, so for next time please take that into consideration. Canterbury Tail talk 16:20, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I understand you originally intended your edits to be helpful, and no one will fault you for that. But you continued after I explained the problem to you and asked you to stop rather than pursuing the discussion I'd posted to the relevant WikiProject to get input other than mine. Largoplazo (talk) 17:02, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Timezones

Please note that in the template Infobox settlement it's normal to use the initialisms for the timezones instead of the full names. It's normal in everyday usage in English speaking countries, and in the infobox examples and usage, to just use EST instead of it spelt out. Thank you. Canterbury Tail talk 19:54, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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