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==[[Kigezo:Infobox Settlement]]==
Rich, kindly have a look why this template works nicely with [[Nairobi]] but is a mess with [[Nouadhibou]]. '''[[Mtumiaji:Kipala|Kipala]] ([[Majadiliano ya mtumiaji:Kipala|majadiliano]])''' 05:45, 28 Septemba 2011 (UTC)
::We need [[Kigezo:Location map Mauritania]] - I'll fetch the next batch. '''''[[Majadiliano ya mtumiaji:Rich Farmbrough|Rich Farmbrough]]''''' <small></small>
 
:::I do not think we need that. We are too small to work with different city templates for each country. Does not look sustainable to me. One working template for settlements of any kind is enough. Please do not go to importing blindly anything that has been dumped into any of our entries. Lets have some reasoning about what we need. '''[[Mtumiaji:Kipala|Kipala]] ([[Majadiliano ya mtumiaji:Kipala|majadiliano]])''' 15:05, 28 Septemba 2011 (UTC)
:::: I am all for reasoning. What is your concern here? The risk of vandalism when we have, say 240, location map templates? Essentially these type of templates perform a database function and are designed to reduce workload. There are suggestions of better ways to do things, including a separate data wiki, or an interwiki resource for templates like commons. These need commitment from the WMF to happen, so they are currently pipe-dreams. I am interested in (among other things) a simple to use Wiki in any language, and believe that templates are one way of doing this. They can also share effort across many languages. This approach is used on the Nepali Wikipedia, for example. '''''[[Majadiliano ya mtumiaji:Rich Farmbrough|Rich Farmbrough]]''''' <small></small>
::::: I am all for reducing workload. How does this happen with 240 location templates instead of one? As far as I see it 240 location templates have to be translated 240x, have to be remembered they they exist (otherwise you get some places with template a, others with template b or c) and have to be maintained. We do not see the long term capacity for this. What is wrong with one location teplate for a small wiki like this? '''[[Mtumiaji:Kipala|Kipala]] ([[Majadiliano ya mtumiaji:Kipala|majadiliano]])''' 05:37, 29 Septemba 2011 (UTC)
:::::The way location maps work , for example, is relatively language independent. They are called from {{Tlx|Infobox settlement}} - this is not like {{Tlx|Infobox Indian jurisdiction}} which is a ''replacement'' for {{Tlx|Infobox settlement}} just for India, which I also oppose, even on en:. They are more part of {{Tlx|Infobox settlement}} which become more useful as time goes by. We currently have only the two we need so far, and they are un-likely to change. We will only bring more over as we need them, partly because that's easier and partly because I hope that there will be a better system in a year or two.
:::::'''''[[Majadiliano ya mtumiaji:Rich Farmbrough|Rich Farmbrough]]''''' <small></small>