Talk:Middletown–Portland railroad bridge

message: Got any references for it ever moving recently? - Denimadept 21:36, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It was used today. April 24, 2023 76.118.181.210 (talk) 15:56, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  In use? 

message: Your (correct) ampersand removal has prompted me to think about a better name for this article. "Providence and Worcester railroad bridge" could describe any number of bridges, many of them on the original P&W line rather than a line only recently taken over by the P&W. The bridge doesn't seem to have an official name, even in government reports. My preference would be something like , which uniquely identifies the bridge without pretending to be an official name. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 06:02, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that the current name is less than ideal, and I have the same concern with the Connecticut Southern railroad bridge. Both should probably be given better names, for the CSOR bridge, something like Hartford-East Hartford railroad bridge would work, unless we can identify another name in sources. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 13:26, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  I am confused regarding the capitalization of the title, shouldn't "Railroad Bridge" also be capitalized as it is a proper noun? Or as it is not an official name it does not receive title casing? However this contradicts Rocky Hill-Glastonbury ferry as Wikipedia conventions would mark this as a proper noun--officially given by the CTDOT . Regardless, I would appreciate an explanation to gain a better understanding of convention as I am newer to the Wikipedia community! Htttps (talk) 03:44, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: "Middletown–Portland railroad bridge" is a descriptive name that we use because there doesn't seem to be a consistent official name for the bridge. There is not any evidence that this is a proper noun;, whereas MOS:CAPS requires substantial agreement among sources for a capitalized proper name to be used. In the future, please read the talk page - and start a discussion if necessary - before moving pages. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 03:52, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

text: It's more or less what Pi described - depending on who you ask, this might be called the Middletown swing bridge, Middletown railroad bridge, Middletown-Portland railroad bridge, Air line railroad bridge, or any combination of those names... in the absence of a commonly used proper name, we've moved this and a few others to these names, as an improvement over the old names which simply listed the bridge's current owner, followed by "railroad bridge". Trainsandotherthings (talk) 04:14, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article title 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: moved. (non-admin closure)  Colonestarrice (talk) 20:33, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 14 December 2021