Talk:A508 road

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South end of A508: how best to reflect in the infobox[edit]

The A508 ends at a roundabout with four other exits: A5 southbound, local road into Old Stratford, A422 westbound, A5 northbound. So the last junction is with the A5 and the A422. To list the A422 after the A5 implies a sequence that doesn't exist.

No doubt there are other examples of roundabouts with diverse exits. How are they shown? John Maynard Friedman (talk) 00:00, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@John Maynard Friedman Thanks for chasing this up - I have been wondering this for a while too. Whenever I have come across something like this, I just make it look the same as the rest of inf9box, however that does not reflect on the real-world. You could try putting it on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Highways. Thanks, Roads4117 (talk) 06:59, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@John Maynard Friedman I have added this to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Highways. Thanks Roads4117 (talk) 07:05, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Junction icon and text[edit]

To my eye, this

A14 ( Junction 2)

looks pig ugly. It's bad enough having A14 twice but to have the Junction number twice is just too much. How about just

A14 ()

or even

A14 (J2)

I prefer the last one. John Maynard Friedman (talk) 16:44, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

An icon without text can't be used for accessibility reasons (i.e. persons relying on a screen reader can't read it). I think just "J2" is probably good enough. Come to think of it, even better J2 (mouse-over it to see the difference). -- Dr Greg talk 17:31, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's why I preferred the plain text over the icon. So we would get

A14 (J2)

which is good. '"Publish and be d______d!", he cried' [meaning "dazzled", obviously

). --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 19:13, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@John Maynard Friedman Sorry for the late reply, but I do too. Roads4117 (talk) 18:44, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of A508 road[edit]

The article A508 road has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

not notable

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Chidgk1 (talk) 18:22, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

(Transcluded from my talk page.) 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 18:40, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I see that Rschen7754 has reverted this PROD because Chidgk1 failed to provide any prior justification for their proposal. Unless there is an overall proposal to delete all three- and four-figure A-class roads (which is unlikely), it is not obvious what singles the A508 out for special treatment. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 17:03, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Length table[edit]

Hello fellow Wikipedians, By the way, due to copyright reason etc, the length table has been copied from my userpage, at User:Roads4117/A508 road length, not some other website :) Roads4117 (talk) 06:17, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]