User talk:Boro.til.I.lie

September 2022
Welcome, and thank you for your attempt to lighten up Wikipedia. However, this is an encyclopedia, and articles are intended to be serious, so please don't make joke edits, as you did to Nuneaton. Readers looking for accurate information will not find them amusing. If you'd like to experiment with editing, please use your sandbox instead, where you are given a certain degree of freedom in what you write. GabberFlasted (talk) 14:13, 6 September 2022 (UTC)


 * whilst couched in a lighthearted manner, it is factually correct. You can do both, presumably? Not necessary to be po-faced? I'm not sure how to make it less factual. Boro.til.I.lie (talk) 14:27, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
 * i cite Dr Johnson in his description of oats, in relation to Scotland. Boro.til.I.lie (talk) 14:28, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
 * citation - see reference to 'hamburger': https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/news/article/487/traffic-eased-on-entry-to-nuneaton-as-coton-arches-scheme-reaches-completionhttps://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Royal+Redgate/@52.5581711,-1.4821537,18z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xe7650a7644c8c7f0!8m2!3d52.559012!4d-1.4829641
 * also here is the other island: https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Royal+Redgate/@52.5581711,-1.4821537,18z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xe7650a7644c8c7f0!8m2!3d52.559012!4d-1.4829641,
 * It is elongated (hence the hotdog appearance) as they couldnt get the land around it to give the more natural (and frankly safer) shape.
 * I'll get out my camera to show you the road signs for both! Boro.til.I.lie (talk) 15:40, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
 * i understand that the first link doesnt link,
 * so here's another:
 * https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/nuneaton-news-coton-arches-work-15541584. With a picture!
 * quote: The work is creating Warwickshire’s first ‘hamburger’ island. Its fast-food inspired name comes from the fact that a road cuts straight through the middle of the roundabout.
 * I'm turning into one of those people, so I'm leaving it now Boro.til.I.lie (talk) 16:07, 6 September 2022 (UTC)