Talk:Allen Road
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Opening comment
editI propose moving his article to William R. Allen Road, the official name of the expressway. I did this change, but the changes were reverted. Please share your thought on this move. Cafe Nervosa | talk18:53, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
- Wikipedia policy is to use common names when naming articles. Allen Road is the common name for this road. Darkcore 20:40, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
- Road names are not specifically mentioned in the common name thing, but I think we should not over do it in using common names. I see you made a bunch of redirects on roads like Ontario provincial highway 9. I think you over did it. I think there is more important work at Wiki then redirect correct road names to common road names, pariticularily when some believe roads should not even get articles (Wikipedia:Deletion policy/Roads and streets). Cafe Nervosa | talk 18:45, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
- I honestly don't care what you think is "important work" on Wikipedia. You do your thing; I'll do mine. Darkcore 07:10, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
Uploaded some pictures
editI added a few pictures to commons at Commons:Category:Allen Road. I have two additional pictures of the road that I'm looking to combine into an HRD image as well. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 20:01, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
Merging with Spadina Expressway
editUse of historic front-page newspaper image
editThe use of the historic front-page image for this article is intended to significantly increase the reader's knowledge of the subject. The cancellation was a major turning point in the history of Toronto's development. Until that time, Metro Toronto was progressing with building a network of expressways, and residents in their path had had no success in stopping the projects. After a long campaign, the Davis government backed the side of the residents. There has not been a new expressway built in Toronto since. Alaney2k (talk) 13:27, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
- The standard way of analyzing whether an image is replaceable in an article includes whether it is replaceable by text. In this case, text such as "Announcement of the cancellation dominated the front page of the June 4, 1971 Globe and Mail" would serve the same informative purpose without making use of copyrighted material. 24.151.10.165 (talk) 16:48, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
About the Third Opinion request: The request for a 3O has been removed (i.e. denied) because 3O like all moderated content dispute resolution here at Wikipedia requires thorough talk page discussion before seeking assistance. If a standstill remains after thorough discussion, you may refile at 3O or choose some other form of dispute resolution. Regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 21:23, 23 May 2017 (UTC) (Not watching this page)
- I've restored the image. IP failed to advance their argument beyond the fallacious claim that a newspaper is replaceable by text (which is equally copyrighted). - Floydian τ ¢ 14:39, 10 April 2022 (UTC)