Talk:Line 3 Scarborough

message: I propose the deletion of the excessively complex table in Line 3 Scarborough#Replacement with alternate transit and adding a new paragraph in the section to summarize the issue. The essence of the LRT vs. subway argument was the LRT would be built sooner at a lower cost and be longer with more stops while the subway option would eliminate the transfer at Kennedy. Is there agreement? TheTrolleyPole (talk) 01:51, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. It would be better to summarize the arguments in prose form than to have a table listing pros and cons per WP:PROCON. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 15:48, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Done, but I may return later to tidy up the text. TheTrolleyPole (talk) 02:02, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comparison of proposals to replace Line 3 

message: Route 903 Scarborough Express has replaced the Line 3 shuttle buses as of August 26, 2023 as per a TTC article. Since route 903 will not be stopping at Lawrence East station, Ellesmere station, Midland station (Toronto) and McCowan station, I suggest that we delete the "Surface connections" section from each of these 4 articles. Any objections? TheTrolleyPole (talk) 15:44, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: That sounds reasonable to me. Unless there are some particularly notable connections that should continue to be part of a station article. BLAIXX 15:52, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed the McCowan station article to summarize the number of routes hovering around the station instead of listing the routes. The route list I deleted appeared to be incomplete comparing it to the TTC station page. Does this address your concern about "particularly notable connections"? TheTrolleyPole (talk) 01:34, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

text: I agree with Blaixx here. ~UN6892 tc 16:57, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

text: I also agree. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:19, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Surface connections 

message: The now defunct line only carried the name "Line 3 Scarborough" for the last 10 years of its operation, while for most of its operation (1985 to 2013) it was known as the Scarborough RT. Since this is now a retrospective article, I suggest changing the article title to reflect the name the line carried for most of its existence. Cupofteaguy (talk) 02:17, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Since the Ontario Line is tentatively given the Line 3 name and colour, it would make sense to rename the article to the original name of Scarborough RT. However, I would wait for others to reply first. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 13:05, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

text: I think the name has been "Line 3 Scarborough" for long enough that that's how people will refer to it "posthumously". In other Wikipedia articles for example, I think we will write is as "... the former Line 3 Scarborough". In that sense it would be better to not change the title so we don't have to pipe. Ultimately though I think it comes down to WP:COMMONNAME. If the common name reverts back to Scarborough RT, then we should move the article. I don't think that has happened yet. BLAIXX 13:56, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: 100% against renaming... multiple sources refer to it as Line 3 and that's also its official name. When (and if... this is transit in Toronto, after all) a new Line 3 emerges, this can become "Line 3 Scarborough (1985)". And honestly it might be appropriate to wait a few years before switching "Ontario Line" to "Line 3" (if Line 3 is finished and they stick with the plan to call it that)—or "Line 3 Scarborough ([start date])" since it will unlikely to be WP:PRIMARY at first—for the reason Blaixx mentions: people might not use the official name immediately upon launch. —Joeyconnick (talk) 16:55, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:03, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename article to Scarborough RT?