Talk:Otago Central Railway

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Page cited for copyright violation in the section "Function of the line
The text in this section is a direct copy of paragraphs from an existing book that is copyrighted until 2052/3 and falls well outside the non-free text criteria which allows for only brief quotations. The page has been referred to Wikipedia:Copyright_problems for review. PatrickDunfordNZ (talk) 14:00, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you for dealing with this, . Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:30, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed
Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: Dangerfield, J. A.; Emerson, G. W. (2010). Over The Garden Wall: The Story of the Otago Central Railway (4th ed.). Dunedin: The Otago Railway & Locomotive Society.. Copied or closely paraphrased material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.)

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Split of article into separate articles or sections of the Taieri Branch, Taieri Gorge Railway and Otago Central Rail Trail suggested
The line is no longer called the Otago Central Railway. It is therefore worth a thought as to whether the article should be split into sections or separate articles describing each of the parts separately. I find that the reference that the line is now 64 km in length instead of its previous length to be dubious as it was shortened to this length after its formal closure and renaming. My understanding also is the Taieri Branch terminates at 3.5 km (not 4 km) although it is difficult to locate a verifiable source for this information at present. PatrickDunfordNZ (talk) 05:37, 26 August 2023 (UTC)