Forum:Places or locations?

I've been checking the articles and something came to my attention. While it might be an issue of style, I'd like to suggest using the term location instead of place, for the simple reason that the latter is quite a bit more informal than the former. I believe that this small change will not hinder navigation, but at the same time make us look a bit more professional. Thoughts? http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/0/08/Personal_Sig_Image.gif Tagaziel (call!) 11:44, November 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * Agreed. -- 11:47, November 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * While I ultimately agree with this idea, I'd like to point out two possible problems:
 * 1. Users who haven't seen this forum may still attempt to place articles in the "places" category.
 * 2. If all of the categories aren't renamed at once, we'd have half named "locations" and half still named "places".
 * The first can be solved with a community message, and the second is just a matter of time and effort, so neither are great issues, but they could still be nuisances. Even so, I think we should make the change. The Grammar Police 16:26, November 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * It's funny you bring it up, considering how a week ago I was talking with Ausir about how the terminology regarding places/locations is similarly inconsistent as it used to be with companions/followers :) The categories and overview pages are called "XYZ places", while the relevant templates are called Infobox location, Navbox locations FO1 etc. So yes, I agree that a standardization is needed and personally I'd prefer "locations" as well. I guess the easiest way to reach a decision is to make a poll like we had for companions/followers back then.
 * Don't worry about renaming the categories, that can be done by bot. Regarding the other point Hal10k brought up, most users who actually categorize pages also follow this forum, so it shouldn't be much of an issue (at least it wasn't when we moved the "followers" categories to "companions"). -- Porter21 (talk) 19:11, November 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Great minds think alike and all that jazz, eh? ;) http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/0/08/Personal_Sig_Image.gif Tagaziel (call!) 19:20, November 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Locations are much better. So I agree that categories should be renamed. veryblackravenTalk 07:41, November 3, 2010 (UTC)

If nobody has any objections, I'll have my bot move the categories and pages later today. -- Porter21 (talk) 00:41, November 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. Ausir(talk) 01:03, November 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * Pages & categories have been moved, Infobox location & article creation templates have been updated. Let me know if I've missed something. -- Porter21 (talk) 19:47, November 19, 2010 (UTC)