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::I think this is a good suggestion. I will add a new parameter and make it so a user can add wikitext to give more than one parent county if needed. Of course if there is a more complicated history this should be covered in the main article, but for many counties this simple field will allow to display useful information clearly in a standard location within the infobox. --[[User:Cottrells|Steve]] 16:22, 18 July 2011 (UTC) | ::I think this is a good suggestion. I will add a new parameter and make it so a user can add wikitext to give more than one parent county if needed. Of course if there is a more complicated history this should be covered in the main article, but for many counties this simple field will allow to display useful information clearly in a standard location within the infobox. --[[User:Cottrells|Steve]] 16:22, 18 July 2011 (UTC) | ||
:::Reconsider this, one example Wasco County, created from 8 counties in Oregon and Washington (Washington Territory was created 14 Feb 1859, and as such lost entire rest of Washington north of Columbia River. Where do we draw the line? It is easier to keep all such info in Boundary Changes section, along with additional changes since the county was created. Wasco County underwent a lot of changes, since it is "Mother" and "Grandmother" of counties covering 2/3 east part of Oregon. [[User:Dsammy|Dsammy]] 17:27, 18 July 2011 (UTC) | :::Reconsider this, one example Wasco County, created from 8 counties in Oregon and Washington (Washington Territory was created 14 Feb 1859, and as such lost entire rest of Washington north of Columbia River. Where do we draw the line? It is easier to keep all such info in Boundary Changes section, along with additional changes since the county was created. Wasco County underwent a lot of changes, since it is "Mother" and "Grandmother" of counties covering 2/3 east part of Oregon. [[User:Dsammy|Dsammy]] 17:27, 18 July 2011 (UTC) | ||
::::To be fair I do not think [[Wasco County, Oregon]] is typical. Counties with this many parents will be the exception rather than the rule. Also as mentioned before, in cases like [[Wasco County, Oregon]] the addition of this parameter should not limit the scope of the article to cover the complexities of how the country was created, but it is an ''optional'' parameter that can be used to clearly identify the parent county right by the founding date. These two suggestions (the parameter and the ability to give greater detail) are not mutually exclusive. --[[User:Cottrells|Steve]] 12:31, 19 July 2011 (UTC) | |||