Template talk:Largest cities of the United States

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[edit] Credit

This template is based very much on NuclearVacuum's terrific Template:United States cities. Metro areas and regions have been added for particular relevance to the United States article, where a focus on the top 10, rather than top 20, cities also seems appropriate.—DCGeist (talk) 03:22, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

I never mentioned that this was my article. I stated that I added it, and wished for it to be used in the article. DCGeist simply altered the article and made it into a double page. I have redirected the article (again) to the primary article that is in check with others of the same design. We don't need two of the same page, the original template is works good. — NuclearVacuum 16:40, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

They're not "two of the same page". They're two different templates, one of which serves the United States article better than the one you devised. Redirecting a template in order to hide its existence is generally regarded as improper behavior. If you believe the template you devised is actually superior, make a case that it be used on Talk:United States. I've made a case there for the superiority of this one.—DCGeist (talk) 16:58, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Core city

The term core city refers to the central city or the city proper of a metropolitan area (as such, New York City is, obviously and evidently, the core city/city proper of the New York Metropolitan Area). Since this is a table of American cities, and since the population figures refer to those of cities and not to those of metropolitan areas, it doesn't make sense to have the second column labeled as "core city", instead of simply "city". I suggest that it be changed accordingly. --the Dúnadan 16:59, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

In this case, the title of the table is "Leading population centers," and population figures are given for both the ten largest cities in the country and for their corresponding metropolitan areas. In this case, the "Core city" header is correct.—DCGeist (talk) 19:26, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

True. --the Dúnadan 20:49, 5 June 2008 (UTC)