Talk:Plains (North Bengal)

Merge and split proposal by
It looks like has put forward a merge and split proposal with this article, with the reason being: "Each individual district has enough land area and population to merit an article on its own, as part of North Bengal. This subdivision has not much of a political and cultural identity. The current geographic hierarchy seems to break a record with Cooch Behar as a ninth-order destination; places such as Manhattan/Theater District is only eighth-order."

However, as per WV:Geographical hierarchy, we divide regions based on travel content, not on actual physical size or population. You will never expect an article on a commuter town that has little to no importance in travel, and unfortunately West Bengal has plenty of such towns. Therefore, I oppose such proposals. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 09:20, 6 September 2022 (UTC)


 * And while the plains of North Bengal may not have a separate political and cultural identity, I have created this region to cover North Bengal minus the Darjeeling Hills (the latter actually has a separate cultural identity). Recently, I have also thought of doing away with the North Bengal article and establishing this (under "Northern Plains (West Bengal)") and the Darjeeling Hills as bottom-level regions of West Bengal. IMHO dividing West Bengal into 6 bottom-level regions (Darjeeling Hills, Northern Plains, Central Bengal, Southeast Bengal, Southwest Bengal and Rarh) is far better than dividing each regions into districts. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 09:30, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Since no one respond to this proposal other than me, I will remove this proposal with the result being no consensus. The Cooch Behar district article will be discussed separately. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 15:16, 18 September 2022 (UTC)