Talk:The Highway, London

Just as the Cable Street article, this one misses the point.

Spelling of Ratcliffe
The most common spelling of the Highway when citing the murders seems to be "Ratcliff Highway". This may have been the customary spelling at the time. Common recent spellings of both the district and the road have used "Ratcliffe", although the Wikipedia article on the district is under Ratcliff.

This article cites Ratcliff Highway murders even though it has just mentioned Ratcliffe Highway (with an 'e'). There is no redirection for "Ratcliff Highway".

It may be there is a justification for using the spelling variants, but this should be discussed somewhere on this page and probably the page on the murders, lest the reader think that Wikipedians are illiterate.

Or possibly the articles should be made consistent with each other.

--Dominic Sayers (talk) 14:04, 27 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I've put a redirect at Ratcliff Highway, and at Ratcliffe Highway murders; since these are alternate spellings. My personal preference would probably be to standardise on Ratcliffe - but there is a lot of variation in the sources. A lengthy explanation on each article would probably be overkill, but a footnote might be appropriate to note the variations. Generally, spelling should not revise that used in the sources.
 * There are a few other points on the article, including reducing the 'list of landmarks' - if they aren't notable to have an article, then they probably don't warrant a mention - unless (say) they are a listed building. Equally, neighbouring streets - no article, no point in listing. They can be acquired from the linked local maps. HTH Kbthompson (talk) 14:38, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Rename\move
I understand that renaming the article to read "The Highway, London" would better meet standards, so please let me know if there's any reason I shouldn't do that. thanks