User talk:Daltnpapi4u

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[edit] Foreign consulates

I have reverted your addition of listings of foreign consulates to the Atlanta, Georgia and Miami, Florida articles. For one, foreign consulates have absolutely nothing to do with sister cities programs. Foreign consulates are the domain of the state departments of the respective governments involved. Sister cities programs, while generally supported by city governments, are non-profit organizations and not controlled by the national government of either country. Adding listings of foreign consulates to the sister cities section is misleading.

The list is also a bit long, and really unreferenced. If it is to be added to the article, it should be added to either a separate section, but actually, more appropriately, a new child article, like 'List of foreign consulates in Atlanta' and linked under the 'see also' section. You also need to provide a reference for the list of foreign consulates as adding that much unsourced information is generally frowned upon. Dr. Cash 05:40, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Oops! Sorry, my bad! I missed your reference to it. That reference should be fine. I still think, however, that it should not go back into the sister cities section, as it is still unrelated. City articles tend to get a bit long, and generally lists such as this are better served by putting it into a child article, as stated above, and linked via 'see also'. You could put a 'see also' link at the end of the Economy section, since foreign consulates are commonly associated with business. A link might also be appropriate at the end of the 'government' section as well. Dr. Cash 17:57, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Looks good! I made one minor change to the pages, moving the reference from 'external links' to 'references' and using the WP:CITE format. This would be better; the external links section is really not necessary and is probably just going to attract link spammers. Dr. Cash 18:14, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
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