Category talk:Former populated places in Asia

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Cities

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Reason for this category?

Don't understand the reason for this category. Except maybe for Damascus, every ancient city has been "lost" Why bother with a category that appears to be redundant? Student7 (talk) 23:26, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The reasoning is that WPCities as a project includes existing settlements, such as Damascus (which claims to be the "oldest continuously inhabited" city), but does exclude those which have "ceased to be". Examples would be Dunwich, in England, which was destroyed by coastal erosion; Oradour-sur-Glane, destroyed in WWII; Butrint, in Albania, and Glendalough, in Ireland, both abandoned. There is a cat "Ghost towns" but this, in practice and in name, is so specifically North American that it is inappropriate for most examples of "lost settlements". There have already been some categories "Lost settlements in x" and cats that encompass specific types, such as "Sunken cities". The concept of settlements that have ceased to be, therefore, seems to be of wide interest, and the "Lost settlements" family of cats seeks to draw these together in a less ad hoc way, without the hassle of creating another project. Categories such as "Ancient cities" include both abandoned and continuing settlements. BTW, as I understand it, Damascus has a continuous history on its site, like London, Beijing, Jerusalem, etc and is therefore not a "lost settlement". Not sure how Student7 has interpreted the phrase. Folks at 137 (talk) 10:09, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Usage of this cat

Weird - needs a review of some sort - from the shores of the meditteranean and middle east to Indonesia - there must be something wrong somewhere - Asia is being used too widely here - surely there should be smaller ranges? Satu Suro 00:10, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Needs to be broken up

South East Asia etc etc - too big a category Satu Suro 04:00, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]