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Countries which are not listed in the ''World Factbook'' should not appear on the ''Browse by Country'' page, or in the ''Category:Countries.'' However, they may be appropriate as part of another country's page/category, or on the [[List of extinct states|List of extinct states]] page, or in the [[:Category:Former Countries|Category:Former Countries]]. | Countries which are not listed in the ''World Factbook'' should not appear on the ''Browse by Country'' page, or in the ''Category:Countries.'' However, they may be appropriate as part of another country's page/category, or on the [[List of extinct states|List of extinct states]] page, or in the [[:Category:Former Countries|Category:Former Countries]]. | ||
== Country sub-divisions: as in the FHL Catalog == | === Country sub-divisions: as in the FHL Catalog === | ||
For places smaller than a country use the name as it would appear if it were in the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,0,0 Place Search] of the Family History Library Catalog. However, normally write the name in order from smallest to largest jurisdiction, for example, ''Chicago, Cook, Illinois''. | For places smaller than a country use the name as it would appear if it were in the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,0,0 Place Search] of the Family History Library Catalog. However, normally write the name in order from smallest to largest jurisdiction, for example, ''Chicago, Cook, Illinois''. | ||
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Names of '''''classes''''' of places do what English does. In particular, when dealing with administrative subdivisions, we write of ''United States counties'' and '''''Cook County, Illinois''''', or of ''Russian oblasts'' and the '''''Moscow Oblast''''', but of Chinese and Roman provinces, not ''sheng'' or ''provinciae''. | Names of '''''classes''''' of places do what English does. In particular, when dealing with administrative subdivisions, we write of ''United States counties'' and '''''Cook County, Illinois''''', or of ''Russian oblasts'' and the '''''Moscow Oblast''''', but of Chinese and Roman provinces, not ''sheng'' or ''provinciae''. | ||
Also, use '''''Jackson Township, Hamilton, Indiana''''', but use '''''Cicero, Hamilton, Indiana''''' for an incorporated municipality. | Also, use '''''Jackson Township, Hamilton, Indiana''''', but use '''''Cicero, Hamilton, Indiana''''' for an incorporated municipality. | ||
=== Disambiguation === | === Disambiguation === | ||