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Section 3 (Design) must be moved to precede section 2 (Construction). The current arrangement is (how can I put this diplomatically) 'unsatisfactory'.

109.145.108.66 (talk) 01:31, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done - Denimadept (talk) 02:05, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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DAB re Queensferrys

I'm very much enjoying reading this clear and well-written article. There are twelve, I think, references to "Queensferry" without the prefix "North" or "South" and in some cases the intention may be the two collectively. I'm not sure but a convention seems to have been effectively adopted that one end is being referred to as "Queensferry", without the specification that it is the "South" one (and I'm not sure that it is in every case), and the other end "Fife", so one an unintentionally ambiguous ref to a settlement, the other an entire county rather than the settlement at that situation, with its matching name. For consistency and clarity it ought to be "Fife" and "Lothian" or "North Queensferry" and "South Quensferry". If the former pair is chosen, "at Fife" doesn't seem right for a county rather than an individual location; "at the Fife end" or "in Fife" perhaps? Both settlements may have their names informally abbreviated but as both receive numerous mentions in this article we need the full name each time. Best wishes with the GA nomination. Mutt Lunker (talk) 09:18, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Queensferry" by itself always means South Queensferry, as in Queensferry High School, Queensferry (Parliament of Scotland constituency), etc. and on road signs, both standard[1][2] and local. Certes (talk) 13:29, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No, that's not actually the case as there are numerous instances of each settlement being referred to without the qualifier,* either in distinction to the other or not. In this article, particularly where we’re specifically talking about going from one to the other, it has to be clear which one is being referred to. Mutt Lunker (talk) 15:13, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

*E.g per the long list at the head of the entry in Placenames of Fife vol 1 or the related website, the ref there to the quote from Andrew Wyntoun, and also in Blaeu’s 1654 atlas the distinction is between "Queens Ferrey" on the Fife side and "S. Queens Ferrey". Locally, nowadays Lowdeners may have a greater tendency to drop the "South" but in Fife, if not clear from the context, they'd probably assume "North" or ask for clarification. Mutt Lunker (talk) 15:30, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

...but I've now managed to resolve the final two anyway. Mutt Lunker (talk) 17:06, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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