Outings page

As of now, outings (shops, fairs, markets…) page is categorized by country - which is perfect and then by region - which is all but unnecessary; how many of you know which city is in which region of YOUR country, to say nothing of other countries! The list should be by city and not by region! 

Hi,
 

I assume you are discussing the search filters for outings.

I guess the usefulness of the filter by region really depends from one country to another. In some countries, for example the United States and Canada, people are used to specify the region or state. In other countries, especially smaller countries, it's less common. Smaller countries also tend to have less outings, so it's often fine to filter by country only and not selecting any region.

On the other end, a filter by city might be confusing. In some cases, the administrative divisons are such that a suburb neighborhood of a big city can be in another city. For example, the Cleveland Coin Expo is not held in Cleveland, but in Broadview Heights. A filter by city would hide it. 

I agree with keeping the level of region (which is used in more pages, for example the page of the issuing entity).

The region is the state in the United States, or Germany; the country in the United Kingdom; the oblast/republic in Russia, the district in Portugal... but I have noticed the region used for Spain is incorrect.

In Spain there are two levels of administrative divisions:

1. the autonomous communities (used by Numista) and 
2. the provinces (used for writing address in Spain).

I suggest use the provinces in Spain. https://en.numista.com/forum/topic168053.html
 

Xavier

For example, the Cleveland Coin Expo is not held in Cleveland, but in Broadview Heights. A filter by city would hide it. 

On the other hand, if I happen to be in Broadview Heights I'd miss the Expo since it doesn't show where it should be! 

My example: if I am looking for a shop in Rome, Italy, why should I know to look in Lazio province? 

Dejan

Xavier

For example, the Cleveland Coin Expo is not held in Cleveland, but in Broadview Heights. A filter by city would hide it. 

On the other hand, if I happen to be in Broadview Heights I'd miss the Expo since it doesn't show where it should be! 

My example: if I am looking for a shop in Rome, Italy, why should I know to look in Lazio province? 

Greetings.  The confusion is due to the way coin shows market themselves.   :-)

Here in the U.S. I've noticed many coin shows advertise themselves by the region which represents the nearest large city -- even when that's not where it's actually going to be held.  Since you mentioned Broadview Heights, I've been in that area many times and even if I lived in Broadview Heights, I wouldn't even think to search for Broadview Heights itself -- I would search for whatever is in the greater Cleveland area instead.

Here's another example.  I noticed (not on Numista) that the Indiana State Coin Show is coming up next month.  They even say it's going to be held in Indianapolis, Indiana in their initial announcements.  But that's not correct.  If you read the fine details in their full announcement, it's actually going to be held in Plainfield, Indiana (a suburb of Indianapolis).  I'm guessing that advertising the actual city name (Plainfield) where it's really going to be held is not enough of an incentive to attract out-of-state visitors.  So they market it as being located in Indianapolis (a much larger and more well known city) instead.