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Irish road infoboxes

I'd like to improve the "major junctions" sections of the infobox road template used for Irish road articles. At the moment, the particular exit and route number is displayed on its own (see for example M50 motorway (Ireland)), which I think isn't ideal for accessibility reasons. So I'm wondering if we should adopt the UK practice (see for example M25 motorway), which shows exit and motorway numbers followed by text, or the US practice (see the example given in the infobox documentation), which uses Template:jct for the route numbers (used also in the junction lists), but no exit numbers are shown.

Asking here as according to the template documentation:

• junction: a list of major junctions. Each WikiProject has different standards for major junctions, so consult the relevant WikiProject for more details.

Thanks in advance. EthanL13 | talk 13:13, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

RSN discussion

Hi, there is a discussion at Reliable Sources Noticeboard that might be of interest to members of this project. Boynamedsue (talk) 07:13, 3 February 2025 (UTC)

NPOV on Burke family (Castlebar) article

The article on the Burkes has had an NPOV tag since September with no active discussion since the new year. As someone who was very much on one side of this discussion I don't feel comfortable removing it. Would someone here mind taking a look and if ye think it is biased ye could respond to me under this section on the article's talk page? Thanks. Xx78900 (talk) 21:55, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

Describing Dublin's suburban/commuter towns

It possibly hasn't escaped the attention of WikiProject members, but there's an ongoing series of edits (all effectively by the same [Virgin Media ISP customer] IP contributor) to change the descriptions of Dublin's suburban/commuter towns and villages. Some of these changes seem, at best, inconsistent: Where administratively distinct county towns like Dun Laoghaire and Swords become just "suburbs", and administratively/geographically separated villages like Newcastle also become "suburbs", while areas at least partially within the Dublin City Council area like Chapelizod become "towns".

While I'm conscious that these inconsistencies are potential indicators of a disruptive intent, and assuming good faith instead, I wonder if there are thoughts on how to address. Building on past discussion (and resulting consensus) on using council dev plan "settlement hierarchy" classifications to distinguish a "town" from a "village", I wonder if there any similar thoughts/suggestions on differentiating "suburb" from "suburb (village core") from "suburban town" from "commuter town"? Or should it just be case=by-case? With the onus on the changing editor to justify? Guliolopez (talk) 09:45, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

In terms of inconsistency, I might note a series of edits (made in quick succession by the same IP contributor) where Portmarnock and Adamstown become "suburbs", while Malahide becomes a "town".

While some of these edits were reverted by WikiProject members, the Adamstown lead still says "suburb" (with no qualifier to clarify that it is geographically/administratively separate from the city and therefore different from more "urban" suburbs like Foxrock or Clonskeagh or whatever). This, to me, stands in contrast to my own understanding. As Adamstown is, notably IMO, a "planned town". And generally described as such. (Irish Times - "planned town", Irish Independent - "planned town", Irish Times - "new town", Irish Independent - "new town", BBC - "new town", Irish Examiner - "first new town", etc. )

Are there other thoughts? If not, I suppose "case by case" (reference based) is probably the way to go? Guliolopez (talk) 10:22, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Pretty Polly Stakes (Ireland)#Requested move 21 February 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Pretty Polly Stakes (Ireland)#Requested move 21 February 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Sophisticatedevening ^(talk) 14:09, 28 February 2025 (UTC)