Commons:Deletion requests/"Maps of country" galleries

"Maps of country" galleries

• Maps of Cyprus
• Maps of Japan
• Maps of France
• And so on

These map galleries of countries are strictly redundant to the corresponding atlas pages (Atlas of Cyprus, Atlas of Japan, Atlas of France). So these gallery pages should be merged to the corresponding atlas pages. However, map galleries of country subdivisions can be kept, as long as there are no corresponding atlas pages for them. --Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs • uploads) 14:01, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

There are hundreds of countries that have a gallery page "Maps of country X" as wel as "Atlas of country X". Would you merge them all? They might have different purposes, different designs and/or different target groups. Can they not just coexist? Please make first an analysis of the differences before you start such a massive merge.

And why should the maps be merged into the Atlases and not the other way around? JopkeB (talk) 15:58, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

If we're going to merge these galleries, "maps of..." certainly seems like the more obvious page name. Omphalographer (talk) 17:50, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Both "maps of ..." and "atlas of ..." are okay, but I prefer the latter, since an atlas is a collection of maps and I'm trying to revive the dormant WikiAtlas project. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs • uploads) 14:10, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

They might have different purposes, different designs and/or different target groups.

@JopkeB: I know there are galleries of specific types of maps by country or region. But I'm concerned with the general "maps of <country>" pages, which I feel is redundant to "atlas of <country>" pages. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs • uploads) 14:05, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Another aspect that should be included in an analysis: perhaps the Atlas galleries are subjected to a strict format, while the Maps galleries may offer more freedom, depending on the available images? JopkeB (talk) 04:11, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

@JopkeB: I think the atlas galleries don't always have to follow a strict format to list images. For example, in Atlas of West Bengal, I used the <gallery> tag for the locator maps of divisions/districts of West Bengal, which is much better than the prescribed {{Left}} template in this case. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs • uploads) 14:08, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Is still do not see an analysis of the differences between "Atlas of country X" and "Maps of country X", so I still do not know what the consequences will be if they are merged. --JopkeB (talk) 15:25, 13 September 2024 (UTC)