Talk:List of roads in Toronto

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[edit] Naming conventions

It seems some streets are listed as "Street name, Toronto" while others are listed as "Street name (Toronto)". I think that we should follow a single format for all Toronto streets (excluding those that don't include the name of the city, like Bloor or Yonge Streets). I know that the standard for American streets is to use the parentheses, while British streets tend to use the comma. I'm not sure what the standard is for Canadian streets, any ideas? Eco84 | Talk 00:28, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Worse yet, King St. has King Street, Toronto, Ontario. No reason for that unless we're likely to have an article on a King St. in some other Toronto. Can someone rename it, please? (Anons aren't allowed to.) --207.176.159.90 07:56, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Well, this was done a while ago, but given that this Toronto is the one most people associate with the term Toronto, the article would be deserving of the title King Street (Toronto) irrespective of other such streets in another Toronto. If they do exist, and are notable enough for an entry, they would be required to use extended disambiguation. Mindmatrix 22:44, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

What if someone is interested in creating an article about King Street in Weston? It is in Toronto proper. So, do we call the King Street downtown King Street (Old Toronto) and the one in Weston King Street (Weston, Ontario)? Note that there are many streets in Toronto with the same name. Johnny Au (talk) 04:19, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

The rule of thumb is usually this: what will most people associate with a given term? King Street (Toronto) would almost always be associated with the downtown street, and so should retain that name. Other King Streets would, again, be disambiguated accordingly (for example, as you've indicated for the street in Weston, if it merits an article). I'm not sure there are other King streets in Toronto more prominent than the downtown east-west route. Mindmatrix 15:33, 6 April 2008 (UTC)