Template talk:Infobox Cape Town
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[edit] Naming
We need to decide on the header text for this infobox. I think it should look like this revision, while PZFUN thinks it should look like this one. We need to reach a consensus on this matter. My opinion is:
- This is the English Wikipedia; the Afrikaans and Xhosa names are in the first sentence of the article and don't need to be in the infobox as well.
- The city is called Cape Town; City of Cape Town is the name of the municipality. No-one would ever say "I'm going to the City of Cape Town" (unless they were actually going to visit the city council offices, of course).
- Look at Johannesburg and Pretoria; this infobox should appear in the same format as the ones on those two pages - i.e. name "Cape Town", no other languages.
- htonl 19:51, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
- Actually, since this is an issue on the main Cape Town article as well, any discussion about this should be on Talk:Cape Town#City of Cape Town vs Cape Town. - htonl 09:54, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
I really don't agree that Cape Town infobox should only be in English. The only reason Joburg is only in English is because there are too many linguistic groups to include. Cape Town is almost exclusively English, Afrikaans and Xhosa. Likewise, I'd like to add the Zulu for Durban, but haven't quite figured out how to make an infobox :) SA is a multilingual country and it's good to reflect that. I'm with you on the Cape Town vs City of Cape Town though. Joziboy 12 March 2006, 22:41 (UTC)
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- OK, I don't have a problem with the multiple languages - I was just going by the infoboxes on Pretoria and Johannesburg - but as you say, that's just because there are too many different languages there (11, probably ;-). - htonl 05:55, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Delete?
I've replaced it with {{Infobox City}}. -- Jeandré, 2007-03-25t11:26z
