Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Category:London Government
The following discussion comes from Wikipedia:Categories for deletion. This is an archive of the discussion only; please do not edit this page. -Kbdank71 16:04, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
No agreement. No votes for change for over a month and no votes at all for over a fortnight. I will removed the cfd tag. Philip 00:12, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Badly capitalised categories. Susvolans (pigs can fly) 17:24, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Oppose - these were amongst the first-created categories and (personally - ymmv) and just as there is the 'London Borough of xxx' I feel that this word order better reflects usage and meaning. --Vamp:Willow 23:40, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- The current standard for government categories is "Category:Government of X". See, for instance, Category:Government of Israel, Category:Government of the UK, and Category:State governments of the United State. -Aranel ("Sarah") 00:40, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Support Government of X. -- Beland 23:32, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Support Government of X. — Sortior 19:01, Dec 25, 2004 (UTC)
- Rename as 'Government of London'. Dbiv 02:47, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- I think "Local government in London" would be preferable:most of the organisations listed in the article are not concerned with the government "of" London, but only of a part of it. To me a phrase like "Government of London", while appropriate for a sovereign state, or a city or province with a high level of federal or devolved powers, misrepresents the situation in London, and therefore also misdescribes the contents of the category.Philip 11:47, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
If recent category clean-ups suggested below are anything to go by, there is a gradually approaching consensus of "Natural features of X", "Artificial features in X". Thus "River crossings in London", "Rivers of London" ("Rivers in..." is not the standard! See Landforms tidy-up below!). Government is a little different, not being a geographic term. Personally I'd favour Government of London, but ymmv. As far as Districts is concerned, "Districts in London" makes sense, but there are several other "X districts"-type categories, so just dropping it to a minuscule would be okay by me. Grutness hello? 
01:19, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Sorry about that. Thanks for that catch. It's one of the two, anyway. -Aranel ("Sarah") 13:46, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- IMO "Government of London" would be seriously inappropriate and misleading because most of the bodies in that category do not govern London at all, but either only administer some services in a small part of it, or are specialised agencies, or have even less "governing" power than that. "Administrative bodies in London" would be more better.Philip 10:29, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Oppose - phrases like 'Government of x' are only appropriate if talking about one body in a state, such as the UK as a whole. This describes several layers of government, both current and historic, mostly at a sub-London level. 'London Government' is the phrase used in London itself, as in Association of London Government that brings together the 33 boroughs and Greater London Authority. Mtiedemann 17:50, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)