Merge large areas?

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By remus at 15:26:14 UTC on 12th March 2026.

Should we merge some of the large areas in font together? e.g. Franchard Cuisiniere + Franchard Isatis + ... into a single Franchard area. Similar with Apremenot. Potentially cuvier?

It feels like one of the main advantages of smaller areas is they're easier to describe in a guidebook. CH is not a guide though, so grouping together into larger areas could make sense.

On the other hand people might be familiar with the sub-areas from guides and so look for those specifically, and if they're missing it could be confusing.

Post #1 by remus OP at 15:26:14 UTC on 12th March 2026.

There is some precedent for this in the UK e.g. we have Stanage rather than plantation, popular etc. and we have Burbage rather than north, south and quarries.

Post #2 by remus OP at 15:27:04 UTC on 12th March 2026.

i'd think not, copying bleau.info before in having these separate.

Post #3 by ben at 15:50:39 UTC on 12th March 2026. Edited at 16:08:48 UTC on 12th March 2026.

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Post #4 by ben at 15:50:39 UTC on 12th March 2026.

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Post #5 by ben at 15:59:52 UTC on 12th March 2026.

I don't think we should do that for Font. Unlike Stanage, if you said 'Franchard' most people wouldn't know where that was. If you said Isatis or Cuisinière, that's much more helpful and understandable. They also feel very separate, being in the forest and miles apart, whereas Stanage is a continuous feature.

Post #6 by TdG at 18:15:45 UTC on 12th March 2026.

Im kinda on the fence so happy to go with the majority decision, but just to play devil's advocate to me they don't feel like discontinuous features. They are just collections of boulders of course so not such a clear feature as stanage, but to my mind cuvier follows a clear ridge line through the forest. Similarly with apremont. I wouldn't say Franchard is massively spread out either, it is a big area but you can walk between all the sectors and never be more than a few hundred meters from some boulders.

Post #7 by remus OP at 18:58:49 UTC on 12th March 2026.

i agree with TdG, no one calls it "Franchard" so bundling all those (there are many) into one area doesn't make sense. What you could do is add "Franchard" as a geographical Area, as https://bleau.info/areas_by_region does

Post #8 by ben at 21:25:56 UTC on 12th March 2026. Edited at 21:26:32 UTC on 12th March 2026.

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Post #9 by ben at 21:27:57 UTC on 12th March 2026.