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I doubt this street exists - it looks to me it looks like the OP means Garden Street which runs up to Duffield Road at the 'Five Lamps'. S/he is probably confused by Agard Street, further round the inner ring road. I've checked on Multimap, (NB - Streetmap truncates the name - that's what that '.' tells you :-)) - I also have the advantage(?) of being Derby born and bred. If no one objects in the next few hours I will revert Gard to Garden. Bob aka Linuxlad 16:39, 18 August 2006 (UTC) (later - Now done. Of course this in only the name of the W branch of the split - the E one is still Ked. Road IIRC)
I added the {{ Essay-entry}} template to this article, as it is really just a long-winded description/narrative/essay on the road's path and not about the road itself. Okay, waypoints are useful and interesting, but compare this article to, say, A1 or A66 for a much better example of how a major UK road wiki article should look — superbfc [ talk | cont ] — 19:51, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
I can completely appreciate all the hard work that obviously went into editing this article, and putting in all the many wiki links, but I have to agree with superbfc's comments. This article truly is overly long, overly descriptive, and should be re-formatted (by someone who knows the area, ideally). Use the following page as a guideline: A66 Road. It is possible to be both informative, and conform to the quality and style of Wikipedia. :) Ariel♥ Gold 20:38, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
I suggest that the long route description is copied to a new article "A6 route description" so that the original editor's work is not wasted, and linked from this article which should be shortened as described above. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.114.0.185 ( talk) 09:26, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
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I'd have trimmed all of the extraneous details from the old route description first before deciding if it's too long. In the US, we can write articles on 300-mile highways that have been balanced to provide enough details, but not too much. U.S. Route 131 is about a 267-mile-long highway, yet the level of detail doesn't ovewhelm. Sometimes the answer isn't splitting up articles, but it's trimming the fat to leave the meat behind. Imzadi 1979 → 19:55, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Although this has been brought up in the past, it is incredible how long-winded and confusing this article is. It also seems to frequently stray off topic, as if written in a 'stream of consciousness' style. For instance, there is this gem:
This is hardly relevant! Although a lot of work has clearly gone into writing this article, it overwhelmingly comprises irrelevant and frivolous information, and is unreadable: quite the opposite of what is required in a useful article. Is this article cited in any projects anywhere?
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The A6 disappears outside Bedford now, when it meets the A421. It doesn't go through Bedford any more (though the traffic still does!) The official route follows the A421 westbound for a couple of miles, then goes north as the A428 on the new bypass *"Branston Way" before regaining its identity between Bromham and Biddenham. See OS map on eg streetmap.co.uk not google maps. Update needed.. -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 00:31, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
There is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Highways#Major junctions debate yet again that may affect the content of this article. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 ( talk) 10:15, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
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I doubt this street exists - it looks to me it looks like the OP means Garden Street which runs up to Duffield Road at the 'Five Lamps'. S/he is probably confused by Agard Street, further round the inner ring road. I've checked on Multimap, (NB - Streetmap truncates the name - that's what that '.' tells you :-)) - I also have the advantage(?) of being Derby born and bred. If no one objects in the next few hours I will revert Gard to Garden. Bob aka Linuxlad 16:39, 18 August 2006 (UTC) (later - Now done. Of course this in only the name of the W branch of the split - the E one is still Ked. Road IIRC)
I added the {{ Essay-entry}} template to this article, as it is really just a long-winded description/narrative/essay on the road's path and not about the road itself. Okay, waypoints are useful and interesting, but compare this article to, say, A1 or A66 for a much better example of how a major UK road wiki article should look — superbfc [ talk | cont ] — 19:51, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
I can completely appreciate all the hard work that obviously went into editing this article, and putting in all the many wiki links, but I have to agree with superbfc's comments. This article truly is overly long, overly descriptive, and should be re-formatted (by someone who knows the area, ideally). Use the following page as a guideline: A66 Road. It is possible to be both informative, and conform to the quality and style of Wikipedia. :) Ariel♥ Gold 20:38, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
I suggest that the long route description is copied to a new article "A6 route description" so that the original editor's work is not wasted, and linked from this article which should be shortened as described above. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.114.0.185 ( talk) 09:26, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
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I'd have trimmed all of the extraneous details from the old route description first before deciding if it's too long. In the US, we can write articles on 300-mile highways that have been balanced to provide enough details, but not too much. U.S. Route 131 is about a 267-mile-long highway, yet the level of detail doesn't ovewhelm. Sometimes the answer isn't splitting up articles, but it's trimming the fat to leave the meat behind. Imzadi 1979 → 19:55, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Although this has been brought up in the past, it is incredible how long-winded and confusing this article is. It also seems to frequently stray off topic, as if written in a 'stream of consciousness' style. For instance, there is this gem:
This is hardly relevant! Although a lot of work has clearly gone into writing this article, it overwhelmingly comprises irrelevant and frivolous information, and is unreadable: quite the opposite of what is required in a useful article. Is this article cited in any projects anywhere?
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The A6 disappears outside Bedford now, when it meets the A421. It doesn't go through Bedford any more (though the traffic still does!) The official route follows the A421 westbound for a couple of miles, then goes north as the A428 on the new bypass *"Branston Way" before regaining its identity between Bromham and Biddenham. See OS map on eg streetmap.co.uk not google maps. Update needed.. -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 00:31, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
There is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Highways#Major junctions debate yet again that may affect the content of this article. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 ( talk) 10:15, 22 November 2022 (UTC)