- The concept of "global metropolises" seems a subjective one, with several competing lists - it's not clear which one your category is using, and it's probably a bad idea to make such a category without specifying. (From WP:CAT, "Categorizations should generally be uncontroversial; if the category's topic is likely to spark controversy, then a list article (which can be annotated and referenced) is probably more appropriate." - and global city is, I'd said, already that exact list article.)
- Category:Largest cities by population (Global) may make sense renamed to something like "100 largest cities" so that the reader knows what to expect, but this feels a little arbitrary (why not 50 or 200?).
- Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2014_February_20 is where these two are being discussed, though, so that's the best place to leave a comment about it. --McGeddon (talk) 17:34, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- "The concept of "global metropolises" seems a subjective one, with several competing lists." Can you refer me to the competing lists? I think you may have a fair point here, but when I was looking for a big exhaustive list of global metropolises, I couldn't find one.
- I think your suggestion about changing the name to "100 largest cities" would make sense, except for the fact that this would then become a list that would have to be updated constantly--at the very least once a year--whereas if we leave it open and it grows to include 200 cities or 300 cities, that would only increase it's utility for researchers. I only have time to add 100 cities today, but I might return to add more, or someone else might continue to build the list, and I think that would be great personally. Does that make sense to you? I'm open to discussion about this obviously, I'm just stating my point of view here.ThomasMikael (talk) 17:46, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I linked to the global city article there - it lists six different indices. If you're open to discussion, Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2014_February_20 is the place to do this; I'd have that discussion before spending too much time adding the same 100 cities to two lists with different names. --McGeddon (talk) 18:10, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I've just finished adding all of the top 100 cities to both categories--the ones that have currently existing Wikipedia pages. Creating pages for the cities that don't have pages but have million of citizens is out of scope for me today : ) At any rate, as per your suggestion, I will copy & paste this convo to the discussion page you referred me to, and we'll let other arbitrators chime in.
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