Wikijunior:Countries A-Z/Introduction for editors

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Included countries

The following are included;

• All UN members
• The following countries:

Country	Reason	Notes
Taiwan	Widely-recognized country	Will be called "Taiwan" instead of "Republic of China" in the book to avoid confusion. The PRC will be called simply "China"
Vatican City	Widely-recognized country, U.N. observer
Western Sahara		One page will be created called simply "Western Sahara", and will be for the whole of Western Sahara, not just the part controlled by Morocco or SADR.
Palestine

Explanation of parameters

Parameters for Template:Wikijunior:Countries A-Z/Page layout

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Continent

This parameter defines the continent the country is located on. It's only visible use is in the "quick info" section at the bottom of the page, where it appears along side the link to the Wikipedia article and the name of the capital city. If the country is transcontinental (located on multiple continents, for example: France, Egypt, Russia) use |continent2=, |continent3=, etc.

If a country has territories on a continent but is not itself located on that continent, use |territory_continent=, |territory-continent2=, etc. Please do not be to too technical about what is a territory and what is not. If you have questions ask on the talk page.

Below is a list of allowed continents. For consistency use only these continents.

Allowed continents

Continent name	Encompasses...	Notes
Europe	Europe	Iceland included, but not Greenland. Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Kazakhstan are considered to be both in Asia and Europe.
Asia	Asia and the Middle East	Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Kazakhstan are considered to be both in Asia and Europe.
Africa	Africa	France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy are all are partially located in Africa, as they all have islands considered to be in Africa
Oceania	Australia, Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia	Papua New Guinea is considered to be in both Asia and Oceania.
North America	North America, the Caribbean, and Central America	Greenland is considered to be in North America, meaning that Denmark is located in both Europe and North America.
South America	South America	Also includes Caribbean nations close in territory to South America, a.k.a. Grenada and the Netherlands' Curaçao, Aruba, and Bonaire
Antarctica	Antarctica and sub-Antarctic islands	Should not be added for countries just with claims on Antarctica. Countries that should have Antarctica as a continent: New Zealand (numerous sub-Antarctic islands), Chile (same), Australia (Macquarie Island), South Africa (Prince Edward Islands), Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) Countries that should have Antarctica as a territory_continent, and the only countries that should have this are Norway (Bouvet Island), the United Kingdom (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Isles), France (Crozet Islands, Île Saint-Paul, Île Amsterdam),