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Some in the template now are of questionable relevance, particularly Coastal and Atlantic Northeast. Coastal is not considered to be a coherent region, and it is debatable whether people include the Gulf Coast states, as it seems to often be a shorthand for liberal Northeast and West Coast states.
276:) 16:21, 5 September 2008 (UTC) I think some of the recent undiscussed additions are excessive or obscure. They have expanded the template to 3-4 times its original size and buried the original intent. -- 242: 236: 455: 399: 420:
Seeing no response here I'll go ahead, when and if I find the time, and rework this template, taking out non-regions and generally trying to trim it down to something less chaotic.
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For a region to be included on this template, a region must be composed of at least two entire states, and portions of at least two others.
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In short, there must be an enormous number of "regions" in the US, taking a broad definition of region. This template includes things like
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The "expansion", and "Old West" sections are very confusing. Many links are to trails, expeditions, boundary surveys, pages like
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To me, this template seems overly long, complicated, and confusing. Here's a quick list of things I found strange or confusing:
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Navigation templates are supposed to be helpful, but this one seems mostly confusing, to me at least. Thoughts?
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Blue-on-blue is very hard to read, near impossible on my screen. I tried to edit it but don't know the syntax.
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Suggestions for regions that do have currency and should be included on the template are welcome. --
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The "ecology" section includes non-links, like "Marine Forest" (whatever that is), and a link to
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is linked to three times, once with the name "Atlantic Seaboard", twice piped to different text.
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The "continental divides" and "escarpments" sections (these are not "regions").
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The "watershed" links, many going to the map already shown in the template.
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United States Secretary of Homeland Security#Order of succession
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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
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The "mgmt" section name, of which the "mt" part links to
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Template-Class United States articles of NA-importance
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The "indigenous people" section (also not "regions").
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Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War
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