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* '''Earth''' - This is the root node of a tree of locations that get more and more specific as you descend the category tree. Have a wiki about something in London? It should NOT go in Earth, Europe, or United Kingdom... but if you follow that chain of subcategories you'll find a category for London... which is the right place for London specific wikis. | * '''Earth''' - This is the root node of a tree of locations that get more and more specific as you descend the category tree. Have a wiki about something in London? It should NOT go in Earth, Europe, or United Kingdom... but if you follow that chain of subcategories you'll find a category for London... which is the right place for London specific wikis. | ||
* '''Cities''' - Some of the first real "governments" were by and for cities. Cities ane economically, linguisitically, and geographically meaningful in a way many other "kinds of places aren't. ''Wikis about cities'' deserve a special category. | |||
* '''New York''' - This is here because it's a ''bad category''. Any pages in this category were put there by someone who didn't realize there was a New York State or a New York City category that was more appropriate. Putting it here makes it easy to find and correct these mistakes (try checking this category yourself and recategorize anything you find there). | * '''New York''' - This is here because it's a ''bad category''. Any pages in this category were put there by someone who didn't realize there was a New York State or a New York City category that was more appropriate. Putting it here makes it easy to find and correct these mistakes (try checking this category yourself and recategorize anything you find there). | ||