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22: 369:" for consistency, another editor reverted with the reason "This particular motorway's article has a name rather than a designation. If there's a consistency problem, it's the article that needs to change." I don't see that as a valid argument -- what is appropriate for a template link and what is appropriate for an article name are two separate questions. A precedent in this template is already set, in that links to the "Leeds Inner Ring Road" article appear as " 87: 135: 77: 53: 167: 294:
of the various articles in the list is not related to the degree of importance (no-one in their right mind would consider the M9 a more important motorway than the M62) but rather to delineate the various motorway "zones" by which the list is arranged.
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I agree consistency is preferable. Why on earth was that article moved to "Mancunian Way" though? Very dubious that is the "common name" (apart perhaps in Manchester itself, although even that is questionable) and it's certainly not the proper name.
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I've being playing with the template partly because a fruitless attempt to find the A8(M) in Scotland indicated a need for an NI indication, and partly to get the M-way and A(M) bits with the same fmt. Would a left alignment be better than centred?
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be on this list; it's not a real motorway, it's not even open to the public - this isn't what this box is aiming to provide. Let's leave "motorways" like that to
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Although unsigned, the A635(M)actually exists as a motorway under the Statutory Instrument. Is it okay to include it in this list? --
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Is it worthwhile/possible to group the motorways by region? Otherwise the template seems a bit abstract... maybe that's the point?
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Looks fine, just need to restore the bottom GB roads link to the darker shade I think.
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it would be great if we could stick with the default colouring as provided by
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deliberately a page for the motorway(s) themselves may yet be made... the
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I look forward to reading the rationale for the latest revert.
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Not going to blindly revert, what does everyone else think?
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Regarding the A1(M) redirect... I decided to leave it as
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Agreed - bin it. It's not even in the right zone :)
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content assessment
WikiProjects
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Highways
United Kingdom
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Roads portal
WikiProject Highways
highways
the discussion
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United Kingdom Roads Task Force

deletion
discussion
A1(M) motorway
A3(M) motorway
A38(M) motorway
Erath
M96 motorway
Pathetic Motorways
Erath
17:10, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
Owain
17:37, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
jimfbleak
15:49, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
Erath
17:51, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
Erath

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