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Steve, I think it might be helpful to add a spot for Parent County -- maybe just after Founded Date? Many counties had more than one, but I think making the heading singular would still work. I'm working with Bedford County, PA, and adding Parent County to the infobox would mean I could remove it from its own heading down below. It's such a short bit of data that it feels like it would work well in the infobox. What do you think? [[User:RitcheyMT|RitcheyMT]] 23:42, 17 July 2011 (UTC) | Steve, I think it might be helpful to add a spot for Parent County -- maybe just after Founded Date? Many counties had more than one, but I think making the heading singular would still work. I'm working with Bedford County, PA, and adding Parent County to the infobox would mean I could remove it from its own heading down below. It's such a short bit of data that it feels like it would work well in the infobox. What do you think? [[User:RitcheyMT|RitcheyMT]] 23:42, 17 July 2011 (UTC) | ||
:Not always practical. A good number of counties were created from more than one county, rendering this difficult to do. Best to list this as part of "Boundary Changes" that was agreed (?) on in recent meetings on county page layout since we can detail additons and takeaways in the same section like you see for Adams County, Illinois. 11 changes for Bedford alone according to Newberry site. [[User:Dsammy|Dsammy]] 01:31, 18 July 2011 (UTC) | :Not always practical. A good number of counties were created from more than one county, rendering this difficult to do. Best to list this as part of "Boundary Changes" that was agreed (?) on in recent meetings on county page layout since we can detail additons and takeaways in the same section like you see for Adams County, Illinois. 11 changes for Bedford alone according to Newberry site. [[User:Dsammy|Dsammy]] 01:31, 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) | ::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 6 counties in Oregon. 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) | |||