Talk:List of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme

Order

The order of this table isn't apparent to the reader. It seems to be close to https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/ but the reason for that order eludes me. I propose the table be ordered by the first column (country/region). I'd be OK with using another column but that table should at least be ordered by one of its columns. DRMcCreedy (talk) 22:08, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Looks to me like it is ordered by UNSD M49 Codes down to Sub-region/Intermediate Region, and the alphabetically within a subregion.--Moedk (talk) 22:49, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Geoscheme

There should be a column with the corresponding regions per countries, this is only a list of countries — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drizzdo (talk • contribs) 13:59, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

 Done — 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚 ☎ 00:20, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Ampersand

Should the '/' be '&' or just 'and' in the subregion 'Latin America and the Caribbean / North America'? Wightowl (talk) 16:45, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

I think '/' is the least confusing while 'and' would be the most confusing: "Latin America and the Caribbean and North America" could be three regions to the unsuspecting. Because '&' is often read as 'and', I think '/' is better. An angle bracket could be used to match the numeric code syntax in the "UNSD M49 Codes" column, but "Latin America and the Caribbean > North America" seems odd to me.DRMcCreedy (talk) 18:10, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

I agree with DRMcCreedy, but if it needs a change, another option is to have Subregion span two columns, and have a split column for the Sub-Subregion's Caribbean & Central America. --Moedk (talk) 03:50, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

I like the idea of two subregion columns. It would avoid any confusion. DRMcCreedy (talk) 17:01, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

On second thought, my suggestion of a split column would mess with the ability to sort columns :( --Moedk (talk) 05:43, 7 January 2022 (UTC)