Portal talk:Transport

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[edit] Stops

What is the Wikipedia policy on tram, streetcar, bus, minibus, and lightrail stops? Is there a policy? How about articles like South Pier tram stop? Shall we have a Wikipedia article on every stop on six continents? Hu 22:22, 5 December 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Ship portal

How do I request one?

[edit] Nautical portal

I created a Nautical Portal. I was tempted to call it Marine Transport, but that would have semantically excluded military, research, fishing, and other types of special-purpose ships and boats. Cheers. Haus42 21:16, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Headline of the netherlands motorways are all wrong

All netherlands "nl:rijksweg" have a wrong headline in the english wikipedia. I.e. nl:rijksweg 9 is described in english Wipedia as A9 motorway (Netherlands). But a rijksweg is not a motorway.

  • Rijksweg translates as national highway, a road maintained by the national government.
  • The road's profile (ordinary road or motorway, level or split-level crossings, interchanges, number of lanes etc.) depends on the expected traffic density.
  • A rijksweg with A-number is a motorway = nl:autosnelweg, a rijksweg with N-number is not a motorway = nl:autoweg.

I.e. the nl:rijksweg 9 is only partly a motorway (A-street) and partly a N-street. Thus the headline A9 motorway (Netherlands) in the English Wikipedia is not correct.

Compare nl:Provinciale weg:
  • Provinciale weg translates as provincial highway, a road maintained by the provincial government.
  • The road's profile (ordinary road or motorway, level or split-level crossings, interchanges, number of lanes etc.) depends on the expected traffic density.
  • A provinciale weg with A-number is a motorway = nl:autosnelweg, a provinciale weg with N-number is not a motorway = nl:autoweg.

Thus all motorway (netherlands) could be renamed. Because I am not a native english speaker and my English is not good enough for editing articles, I cannot do this. I do not know which correct names can be used for this in english. Possibly i.e. the A9 motorway (Netherlands) should be simply called Rijksweg 9 (Netherlands), similar i.e. to the german Bundesautobahn 1, which is not called A1 motorway (germany). For all other languages of wikipedia it is important that the netherlands system is described correct here, because they translate it from here. And because it is wrong here, the translations are also wrong at the moment. Could someone of the nartives speakers help this situation?

Thank you. -- 84.132.101.93 09:52, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Probalby a new name like Rijksweg 9 without the (Netherlands) would suffice. HenkvD 11:35, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
I agree. You can simply use the same titles as the Dutch Wikipedia. I see no reason not to use them. --Erwin85 18:11, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Yeah that sounds fine. On pages like A9, it could say "A9 in the Netherlands, part of Rijksweg 9, or A9 (Netherlands) redirects to Rijksweg 9. Just an easy way so I don't have to fumble through four or five pages to get to the article. Also you should do the same with N9 and all the others. --MPD T / C 23:43, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Decayed portal

Would anyone object to me working on the neglected Portal:Rapid transit?--MrFishGo Fish 20:29, 11 February 2008 (UTC)