Talk:Wiregrass (Alabama)

Hey, fellow wiki-editors!

I'm new to WikiVoyage, but have been a Wikipedia editor for many years, so I understand the basics, I think. I created an article for the Wiregrass region of Alabama, and then received the following apparently automatically generated warning:

"This topic may not meet our article criteria and should be merged into River Heritage. Relevant content from here and any new content should be placed at River Heritage. You can help by copying any relevant information from this page to the new page. Please direct any opinions to the talk page and gain consensus before removing this tag.

Reason for merging: not enough city article to justify another region"

It seems to be saying because of lack of information it is recommending a merge. I'm just notating here for the record that it lacks information because I haven't put much in yet. I'll be doing that shortly. Further, I feel Wiregrass needs to be separate from River Heritage because 1) I've never heard of River Heritage as a resident of Alabama, 2) There are very few (I only found one) Google results when searching for "river heritage alabama" that have those terms in the title, and 3) The Wiregrass is its own distinct region that newscasters, newspapers, magazines, advertisers, and other electronic and print publications refer to. I intend to add more data to the Wiregrass article in the next few days.

Curious if any long-time and veteran Wikivoyage editors have any advice? --Ehtech2000 (talk) 23:26, 5 February 2018 (UTC)


 * I should have added a little more information. Wikivoyage regions are based on collecting city articles into areas that are useful to travellers. The structure is not always based on administrative structures. The other point is not to create a region just to contain one or two article. Really annoying for readers clicking through lots of almost empty article. General rule is split a region once it gets too large. If however you think a group of regions are not well organised to match the reality of travelling in the area then begin a discussion on the talk page of the parent region. --Traveler100 (talk) 23:45, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Some local knowledge of region names is welcome. But please be aware moving articles to different regions and creating a new region grouping is not so simple a task and best done after a discussion on the parent, in this case state, page. --Traveler100 (talk) 23:48, 5 February 2018 (UTC)


 * One question I'd ask is how many city articles do you think the region would merit? I mean articles about cities that have some interesting things to see, somewhere to eat, someplace to sleep, maybe something interesting to do, so that they'd merit more than almost-blank articles? --Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:52, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Traveler100 and Ikan Kekek! Based on your advices, I don't think there are enough places to stay or visit in either Geneva (Alabama) or the Wiregrass (Alabama) region to warrant their own articles, currently. What is your best advice for how to deal with the article stubs I've started creating? I mean, should I just delete both articles and put 'Merged into River Heritage region', or is there more to it that I should know?

Also, is there a 'Sandbox' area on WikiVoyage, as in Wikipedia, where I can start an article in my own space without actually publishing it yet? --Ehtech2000 (talk) 09:29, 6 February 2018 (UTC)


 * It's probably best at least for now to merge any relevant information and redirect these articles to River Heritage. You can see how to create a redirect at How to redirect a page, with the all-important code shown in the "Format" section.


 * In Wikivoyage, you create your own sandbox, but it's really easy to do so. Just start a subpage of your user page such as User:Ehtech2000/Sandbox and then copy and paste to it or just start editing from the blank screen at will. Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:01, 6 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Ok, thanks Ikan Kekek! I will get right on it! --Ehtech2000 (talk) 10:23, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Can keep Geneva for now. Appears to have at least a motel an inn and a camp-ground. Are there any places to eat that are worth mentioning. I am a big fan myself of the one off small town US eateries (the ones you find the locals having Sunday brunch at). --Traveler100 (talk) 18:10, 6 February 2018 (UTC)