# Talk:North Circular Road

Look up the definitions of radial and circumferential. You may not like the latter, but ‘radial’ is simply wrong. Do you think ‘orbital’ is better? Useddenim (talk) 19:05, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

"Radial" is what is in the source used. All content in a Wikipedia Good Article must be verifiable to reliable sources. Though CBRD suggests "radial" is used for spokes around a hub. Best not have anything at all. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 20:27, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
I don't think so. Looking at the reference you linked above, both Page 77 and Page 85 use the word ‘orbital’. None of the three mentions of  ‘radial’ refer to the North Circular Road. Useddenim (talk) 12:44, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
Yes, I realised that, but I felt the prose made sense without using any adjective at all, just saying "Proposals for a route avoiding Central London" works. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 16:40, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

@Amisom: Please do not remove large sections of the lead, that make the article biased and not adhering to WP:NPOV. The article had a closely scrutinised good article review by SilkTork where it was agreed that the article had the right balance. The whole of the "Environment and safety" section is cited to multiple reliable sources including the Parliamentary Hansard, BBC News, the Sunday Times and various local council reports. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 20:17, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

@Ritchie333: - I read the first sentence of your message and was unaccountably reminded of WP:OWN; I wonder why that was.
Unfortunately, the section I removed is WEASEL because nowhere in the article is there a citation to the suggestion that Henlys Corner is an "urban street" (which it obviously is not) and congested and a contributor to urban decay. Or do you disagree? Amisom (talk) 20:26, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
Probably because it's a common insult thrown around by people who don't do any writing on the article but like to pick fights with other editors. (I see this is not your debut at this sort of thing... Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 20:28, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
You seem very hostilely for someone who is supposed to hold a position of responsibility round here. Amisom (talk) 21:32, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
Yes, I've just added a source. Would you like me to add another one? Have you ever driven the North Circular from end to end, because it doesn't sound like you had. I've been stuck at the lights with the A1 and wondered when the traffic is ever going to move. And this view of Finchley Road seems to give the impression it's urban and congested, which matches with what I've seen when I've driven in the area.  Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 20:28, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
If there is a policy saying that editors can only edit articles about places they have been, please point me to it. If not, then I don't think your point is particularly helpful. Amisom (talk) 21:32, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
Also that Google view is (1) not the North Circular, (2) not a valid source and (3) not congested. Otherwise good. I've made a slight adjustment to your lede and hope we can draw a line under this whole sorry affair. Amisom (talk) 21:38, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
The revised 'shorter version' of the lead was poor, especially as it left a one sentence paragraph in the lead. Further refs have been added to the article text to cement the context so I fail to see why this is being perpetuated. Maintaining the integrity of an article does not equate to WP:OWN. SagaciousPhil - Chat 21:26, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
Nothing's being perpetuated. At the time I posted on the talk page there were not sources in the article. Amisom (talk) 21:32, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
OK here's how we're going to do it. Sort the lead out within 24 hours - cite all the claims made - or I'll start up an WP:RFC to get some outside input in. See you tomorrow evening. Amisom (talk) 21:47, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
I thought you just said you "hope we can draw a line under this whole sorry affair"? The main driver here is not to give a bland account of where a road goes (as quite rightly criticised here, for example) but put some social and political context into it that make the average reader understand why it's important to have an article on it. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 21:50, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
That was until sagacious matey decided to revert again. I'm fine with social and political content so long as it's accurate and cited. At the moment it's neither. Since you two have repeatedly reverted my attempts to fix it and clearly know best, you can have 24 hours to fix it yourselves before I ask others for some opinions via an RfC. Have a good day. Amisom (talk) 21:56, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
I can't see anything that's inaccurate or unsourced, sorry, and what is there does seem to tie in with my understanding of the place. The reason I mentioned personal experiences of driving the North Circular wasn't because I'm a reliable source (I'm not!) but rather if you want to talk about the veracity and structure of an article, it behooves you to understand the topic and have some appreciation of what is appropriate to present to the reader. 'Tis all. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 22:28, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
I have removed Amisom's rollback rights, and posted a warning on his user page that he is close to being blocked for not being here to build the encyclopaedia due to his disruptive edits. I have banned him for the time being from reverting any editor, and from removing content from Wikipedia articles. After a successful period of adding useful sourced material to the project, the bans will gradually be lifted. SilkTork ✔Tea time 13:34, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

sometimes called the Angel Road.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.202.218.94 (talk) 03:40, 5 May 2018 (UTC) 

Only in the area where the original road was Angel Road. Timrollpickering (Talk) 21:12, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

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