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22: 71: 53: 81: 213:"The northern suburbs" is the commonly-used term in the greater Johannesburg area for the whole of northern Johannesburg though. Admittedly southern Johannesburg is more commonly referred to as "the south" than as "the southern suburbs" and Midrand is normally considered to be north of the northern suburbs, so I've changed the headings to "northern/southern suburbs 162:
is the name of a number of suburbs together in the "southern area of Johannesburg". Now, we must understand that the name "Johannesburg South" represents "only" the "Southern suburbs of Johannesburg City" (go on "Google Maps" & search for "Johannesburg South" to get the exact area). So, we can't
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among others are all "towns" (each with their own "Suburbs"). They are not "suburbs" themselves. A municipality or "great area" contains "towns and cities" & it's wrong to call any of these "Cities" as "suburbs".
217:; I hope this adequately addresses this issue. The other solution that could work would involve separating Midrand and Soweto (normally also considered separate from "the south") into their own sub-sections. 141:
I see we have linked "Johannesburg North" and "Johannesburg South" and labelled them as "Northern suburbs" and "Southern suburbs" respectively. However, there are things we must note:
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let the term "Southern suburbs" link to an article that is talking about an area that does not include "Soweto, Lenasia, Orange Farm, Kanana Park, Ennerdale, Lawley, etc".
326: 204: 278:? The "East Rand" article's description of the area seems to be slightly different from this template & i'm curious on which one is accurate... 166:
Just letting editors know the areas that "Johannesburg North" & "Johannesburg South" represent, which is contrary to this template currently.
156:(you can use any GPS to verify this). So, we cannot let the term "Northern suburbs" link to an article that is only talking about that small area! 271: 341: 346: 226: 351: 103: 287: 175: 94: 58: 255:(which are all to the west of Linksfield) are listed under "East Rand", indicating that something is wrong here. 322: 283: 200: 171: 33: 313:
articles to "Northern suburbs", assuming nobody objects. I can't believe the idea that any suburb that
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I'm Surprised that nobody has replied after 4 and a half days. Well, from the way I understand the
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article's description of the area, there is no place further west than
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that is part of the "East Rand" & so, I will move the
98:, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of 76: 243:is listed under "northern environments" meanwhile 182:Or maybe a "Heading name change" will do here, as 333: 272:City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality 317:passes through is part of the "East Rand". 32:does not require a rating on Knowledge's 270:, are there any other places within the 334: 92:This template is within the scope of 21: 19: 342:Template-Class South Africa articles 15: 347:NA-importance South Africa articles 38:It is of interest to the following 13: 112:Knowledge:WikiProject South Africa 14: 363: 352:WikiProject South Africa articles 274:that are declared as part of the 148:is the name of a small suburb in 115:Template:WikiProject South Africa 79: 69: 51: 20: 1: 106:and see a list of open tasks. 7: 227:18:45, 8 October 2023 (UTC) 205:12:27, 6 October 2023 (UTC) 176:11:44, 6 October 2023 (UTC) 10: 368: 327:11:12, 21 March 2024 (UTC) 288:21:02, 16 March 2024 (UTC) 64: 46: 95:WikiProject South Africa 253:Victoria, Johannesburg 118:South Africa articles 319:GeographicAccountant 280:GeographicAccountant 239:I have noticed that 197:GeographicAccountant 168:GeographicAccountant 87:South Africa portal 315:Louis Botha Avenue 160:Johannesburg South 146:Johannesburg North 34:content assessment 134: 133: 130: 129: 126: 125: 359: 120: 119: 116: 113: 110: 89: 84: 83: 82: 73: 66: 65: 55: 48: 47: 25: 24: 23: 16: 367: 366: 362: 361: 360: 358: 357: 356: 332: 331: 264:Greenstone Hill 237: 152:, just east of 139: 117: 114: 111: 108: 107: 85: 80: 78: 12: 11: 5: 365: 355: 354: 349: 344: 330: 329: 236: 233: 232: 231: 230: 229: 208: 207: 179: 178: 164: 157: 138: 135: 132: 131: 128: 127: 124: 123: 121: 104:the discussion 91: 90: 74: 62: 61: 56: 44: 43: 37: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 364: 353: 350: 348: 345: 343: 340: 339: 337: 328: 324: 320: 316: 312: 308: 304: 300: 296: 292: 291: 290: 289: 285: 281: 277: 273: 269: 265: 261: 260:Modderfontein 256: 254: 250: 246: 242: 228: 224: 220: 216: 212: 211: 210: 209: 206: 202: 198: 193: 189: 185: 181: 180: 177: 173: 169: 165: 161: 158: 155: 151: 147: 144: 143: 142: 122: 105: 101: 97: 96: 88: 77: 75: 72: 68: 67: 63: 60: 57: 54: 50: 49: 45: 41: 35: 31: 27: 18: 17: 303:Orange Grove 266:& maybe 257: 245:Orange Grove 238: 215:and environs 214: 140: 109:South Africa 100:South Africa 93: 59:South Africa 40:WikiProjects 29: 258:Apart from 184:Orange Farm 154:Northriding 336:Categories 299:Linksfield 268:Linksfield 241:Linksfield 295:East Rand 276:East Rand 235:East Rand 311:Victoria 192:Randburg 150:Randburg 30:template 307:Norwood 249:Norwood 219:ENEvery 188:Midrand 309:& 190:& 36:scale. 137:Links 28:This 323:talk 284:talk 251:and 223:talk 201:talk 172:talk 338:: 325:) 305:, 286:) 262:, 247:, 225:) 203:) 186:, 174:) 321:( 282:( 221:( 199:( 170:( 42::

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