Talk:Severn Bridge
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[edit] Proposed merger / reorganisation
The section "First Severn crossing" from the Severn crossing article should be merged into this article. The Severn crossing article should then be renamed Second Severn Crossing.
Reasons:
- The term "First Severn crossing" is not normally used for the original bridge, it's just that when they built the new bridge, they were rather unimaginative and called it the "Second Severn Crossing".
- It's unhelpful to have information about the original bridge split between two articles
- I feel there's no need for a Severn crossing article, two articles about the two bridges, with links to each other, would suffice.
Note: it seems these articles have been moved about before without following the correct procedure, leading to confusing redirected talk pages etc. Any moves this time should be done using the correct methods. It will require an administrator to move the Severn crossing article back to Second Severn Crossing as the latter redirect page has been edited.
If anyone has any objections, please start a discussion below. JRawle (Talk) 12:56, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
I have made a start by doing the initial merge, although possibly not "the right way" as I haven't touched any of the talk pages. Is there a smarter way to do it than just copying the text across and redirecting? Also, at present the Severn crossing page still remains. If someone else would like to fix that, please do. -- Earle Martin [t/c] 02:46, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- I think the edits are fine if we are keeping a Severn crossing article. I still think some of the information (such as the poem, and details of pre-1966 crossings) could be moved from Severn crossing to the Severn Bridge article, and the former can become almost a disambiguation article.
