Talk:Pill railway station

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Reviewer: FunkMonk (talk · contribs) 23:14, 19 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

  • Since this article is so short anyway, I'm wondering whether some of the notes can be incorporated into the article body?
    I don't see much point - the note about the name of Clifton Bridge wouldn't fit in the routebox, so that would need to be a note anyway. Therefore you may as well have the rest. -mattbuck (Talk) 00:32, 20 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
  • There seems to be no explanation as to why there were less trains on the track over time, and why exactly it was closed?
    British railways declined in the mid-20th century, government thought the car would be the way of transporting everyone, and railways were run down following the war. -mattbuck (Talk) 17:23, 21 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
Could be added for context, lay readers wouldn't know. FunkMonk (talk) 22:34, 21 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
I'll see if I can find something. -mattbuck (Talk) 19:28, 22 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
I've modified it to say the Beeching closure was a cost-saving measure, I can't find anything which specifically states why services were reduced post-WW2. -mattbuck (Talk) 13:15, 24 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
They are duplicates in the sense that they are already linked earlier in the article. A link should only occur once outside the intro. FunkMonk (talk) 22:34, 21 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
I disagree with this - to my mind, if something is not an obvious term, it should be linked in each section on the grounds that people frequently do not read the entire article. -mattbuck (Talk) 19:28, 22 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
Hmmm the manual of style seems to be pretty clear on this: "Generally, a link should appear only once in an article, but if helpful for readers, a link may be repeated in infoboxes, tables, image captions, footnotes, hatnotes, and at the first occurrence after the lead. Duplicate links in an article can be identified by using a tool that can be found at User:Ucucha/duplinks."[1] FunkMonk (talk) 19:33, 22 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
And that is something I find completely wrong-headed, because many times you skip to a particular section and there are no links because it's assumed you read the mass of article beforehand. I'm perfectly aware of tools to remove "excess" links, I just choose not to. -mattbuck (Talk) 13:39, 24 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
Anything that could be added on this? FunkMonk (talk) 22:34, 21 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
I've added that there were calls to reopen it due to congestion on the A369. -mattbuck (Talk) 12:37, 28 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
The new text looks good to9 me, so will now pass. FunkMonk (talk) 16:10, 28 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
Thankyou very much for your reviews! -mattbuck (Talk) 16:32, 28 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
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