Talk:Guangdong

reason for deletion: Canton was the former name of Guangzhou, not Guangdong (ref: encyclopedia Brittanica online: http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article?tocId=9273494)

Cities

Normal Wikivoyage policy is to keep the cities list to no more than 9. I've just trimmed the one in this article from over 15 down to 12. Now what?

Guangzhou and the three SEZs (Shenzhen, Zhuhai & Shantou) have to be there. I'd say Dongguan because it is a fairly large city and Zhanjiang because it is the center of its region. That's six, What others should be listed, if any? (WT-en) Pashley 06:07, 13 March 2009 (EDT)

I trimmed the list once before, that time from >20 down to 16. (WT-en) Pashley 06:13, 13 March 2009 (EDT)

I just created an article for Pearl River Delta and listed some cities there. That probably means the less important PRD cities like Foshan and Zhongshan can be omitted here. Shenzhen, Zhuhai & Guangzhou should stay. What about Dongguan? (WT-en) Pashley

I can't say I know enough about Guangdong to make any good recommendations, but it is important that every city should be listed in some region. So if there is no subregion to move a less important city into, I think it's best to leave it in this list, even though that would break the 7+2 rule. --(WT-en) Peter ^Talk 15:54, 13 March 2009 (EDT)

It seems Xinjiao which I earlier added to the cities list was trimmed too, which makes it an orphaned page again. I can't see any other suitable region/subregion to list it in, so I'm adding it here again. If anyone knows a better region article to list it, by all means please do so.--(WT-en) Vidimian 09:23, 27 March 2009 (EDT)

I have created two new regions implying that we can now reduce the city list in the Guangdong article to nine (now it is eleven, and I do not know, which ones we should delete). But now the city list in Pearl River Delta is too long, would it make sense to subdivide the Pearl River Delta Region or could it be defined more narrowly than now? I would like to hear any thoughts on this. (WT-en) ClausHansen 09:31, 16 September 2009 (EDT)

I'm not aware of any sensible subdivisions (unless we give each prefecture its own region, which would be overkill), so I think we can live with 11 cities. (WT-en) Jpatokal 12:16, 16 September 2009 (EDT)

FWIW, Wikipedia appears to consider Qingyuan and Shaoguan a fourth "northern" region of Guangdong (see ), outside the PRD. If we copy them, it would reduce the city list by two. (WT-en) Jpatokal 12:19, 16 September 2009 (EDT)

I do not think it makes sense to subdivide the PRD. Do Kaifeng and Taishan belong there, or are they more Western GD? (WT-en) Pashley

Where is Hong Kong? Did sink into the sea on the map? please add!

New map for Guangdong

Swept in from the pub

Hey guys, I just recently tweaked the city list for that article for the purpose of regional balance. That also means that the current map doesn't reflect the cities that are currently on the city list, so if someone is able and willing to do so, would it be possible for the map to be updated? Unfortunately, I don't know how to do it myself. The dog2 (talk) 00:01, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Maybe a dynamic map would be an option. Just added it to the article. Rather quickly created with Wikivoyage Districtifier, by the way. Problem currently is, that the polygon of Shanwei district is not showing on the map (Wikidata ID: Q59189, OSM Relation: 3282610). We have this problem on other maps as well. Not sure what is wrong there. --Renek78 (talk) 18:59, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

The polygon for Shenzhen is missing too... --Renek78 (talk) 19:20, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Shanwei and Shenzhen display on my browser—maybe it was a temporary issue? I like the static map better, because I think it's easier to read, but the dynamic map works as an interim solution. —Granger (talk · contribs) 23:36, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

My browser also doesn't display either polygon. Perhaps it's a browser-specific thing. The dog2 (talk) 00:03, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi, the static map has been updated. You may need to refresh the page a couple of times to see. Cheers -Shaundd (talk) 21:16, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

@Shaundd: Thank you! One small issue—"Danxiashan" is misspelled. It would be great if you can correct that. Thanks! —Granger (talk · contribs) 23:49, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

Done! -Shaundd (talk) 07:00, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

Hey, sorry for the trouble again, but some of the regions in Guangdong and Fujian have been renamed. Would anyone with the expertise be able to update the maps? The dog2 (talk) 03:15, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Static maps for Guangdong and Fujian have been updated for the new names. Cheers -Shaundd (talk) 06:35, 21 May 2020 (UTC)