Talk:City

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Municipal definition ?

I’ve noticed an inconsistency on some of the states pages on Wikipedia like South Carolina for example. It says it’s most populous CITY is Charleston but the largest metro area is Greenville ( I’d assume it’s the largest urban area too but haven’t checked it). By the definition of “city” on this page the most populous city in South Carolina would be the Greenville urban area not Charleston as the Greenville area is the most populous human settlement. I know when you click on most populous cities it says municipalities, but shouldn’t it say “the most populous municipality in South Carolina is Charleston” instead of “the most populous city in South Carolina is Charleston” on the South Carolina page? That’s why I added municipal definition to the intro although I don’t think the 2 should be confused. I’ll go ask at the South Carolina and Charleston page too. Im not sure if municipalities that have the largest population in their state should say they are the largest city like Charleston, South Carolina for example because it seems to send the wrong message when there’s another human settlement in the same state that is larger especially when this is the definition for “city” on Wikipedia. Would appreciate an opinion on this Kansascitt1225 (talk) 09:34, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

You also need to take a worldwide view. For example, city status in the United Kingdom has a legal meaning and is awarded to local government, not specifically the built-up area. For the edge cases, see City of Carlisle and City of Milton Keynes. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 10:34, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Per WP:lead, you need to have written the body content first, then summarise it in the lead. So in the meantime I'm reinstating Remsense's reversion of your edit. Body content done, you can add it again. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 11:05, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Ok sounds good, I’ll look more into the UK cities definitions and boundaries too and get back to that when I have time Kansascitt1225 (talk) 11:11, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

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Change of image

we have have to change images it is since year. Ironman291010 (talk) 10:12, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

What do you mean by "since year"? Belbury (talk) 11:07, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

it has not changed since years. And also this image shows a metro not city. Ironman291010 (talk) 16:37, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

Do any of the images seem significantly inaccurate for being out of date?

The Metro photo is a good example of the types of transportation systems particular to cities. Belbury (talk) 10:06, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

we should rotate image Ironman291010 (talk) 16:58, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

@Ironman291010: No, we should not. There have been several discussions in the past about image selection, including most recently Talk:City/Archive_1#Montage, Talk:City/Archive_1#Lead_image_2 and Talk:City/Archive_1#RfC_Choices_for_lead_image. Consensus is required to make changes.

Image selection is not a competition, and this article is not a showcase for various cities around the world. On several occasions, image selection has degenerated into a "my city is better than yours" mess. We should use MOS:IMAGERELEVANCE to guide us on selecting the best images which demonstrate examples of the attributes of a city: housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication, as described in the first paragraph at the top of the article. Bazza 7 (talk) 18:45, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

I concur with Belbury/Bazza. No compelling argument for a change has been presented. Sdkb ^talk 20:21, 2 April 2026 (UTC)