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This article was nominated for deletion on 17 August 2006. The result of the discussion was keep.

This article was nominated for deletion on 18 December 2007. The result of the discussion was keep.

Unnecessary piping of links

For many years, the article listed start and end points in their unpiped form. Recently there has been a whole lot of unnecessary WP:PIPING so for example instead of Hammersmith bus station we have Hammersmith, Bus Station, or Victoria bus station we have Victoria. Apparently all in an attempt to align with IBus, a computer program. Links should be left in their unpiped format.

We certainly should not be introducing errors, e.g. incorrect names, just because IBus has.

The destinations should reflect those in TfL timetables, e.g. Route 1, Route 2. They also should be done so with Wikipedia's naming conventions in mind. For example, the convention for stations is to only capitalise the suburb, e.g. Canning Town bus station, not Canning Town Bus Station. Morteinmeil (talk) 00:33, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Pedroperezhumberto:, could you please follow this correct procedure for linking articles. I have reverted some of your recent links as a result. Ajf773 (talk) 08:52, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also unnecessary are WP:SEAOFBLUE inks like Hammersmith bus station, these should just read Hammersmith bus station. Where there is a specific landmark that has an article, e.g. Hammersmith bus station, Bow Church, Oxford Circus etc, that should be the link, but when just a non-notable street or local branch of a supermarket, then the suburb on its own its suffice. Morteinmeil (talk) 20:43, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Bus route 411" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Bus route 411 has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 28 § Bus route 411 until a consensus is reached. — MATRIX! (a good person!)_{[citation unneeded]} 20:55, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]