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The description of the proposed freeway is incorrect. The Linking Melbourne Authority's website ( http://lma.vic.gov.au/pages/phase-2-preferred-route.asp) accurately describes the preferred route for the 'WestLink' portion of the East-West road connection described in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Craig Rowley ( talk • contribs) 20:45, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
This article is becoming too highly focused on criticism of the East West Link project. Criticism should be included as part of an overall presentation of the history and intended function of the road, not as the primary part of the article. The current wording also clearly fails to maintain an editorial neutral point of view. I have material I will soon add to the article that will give a broader view, but in the meantime I'll remove the material that breaches that basic Wikipedia policy. BlackCab ( talk) 23:15, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
Victorian government Budget documents ( see here) and websites (see here) uniformly refer to the project as East West Link. The correct name of the Wikipedia article should therefore be East West Link, Melbourne. BlackCab ( talk) 00:55, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
e2mq173 ( talk) 11:16, 1 July 2013 (UTC) Fair point, although the original article read more like a government press release, and it the level of community concern with this proposal should not be ignored. This is, after all, still in the planning (and consultation stage).
e2mq173 ( talk) 11:31, 2 July 2013 (UTC) Thanks for clarifying - will update as suggested
I have deleted several sub-sections of the "Criticism" section because of a lack of relevant sources and what seems to be an expression of opinion by a Wikipedia editor, which would make it original research. The fact that the project will "cost billions" is not in itself a criticism. There certainly have been objections raised, but they need to be described accurately and backed up with valid sources. I have a list of news stories that do that and will add them back to the article as I get time. BlackCab ( talk) 10:55, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
This article has now gone well back the other way and reads more like a political advertisement! e2mq173 ( talk) 04:26, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
Not sure how to add this info as change.org is blacklisted, but there are actually 11,853 signatures on the petition (rather than 1,300). I wanted to update the numbers with the petition as the source, but it won't let me do that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.206.142.51 ( talk) 22:47, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
Repeated attempts have been made to add detail on pickets and protests at geotechnical drill sites on the tunnel route. I have removed these because they repeat material already in the article about pickets, protests and the cost of police presence. The link to a YCAT website is a deadlink; even if it did work, an anti-tunnel website run by a protest group is not deemed a reliable source for a Wikipedia article. The link to Tumblr does not work; even if it did it would not be acceptable here; it provides nothing of encyclopedic worth. The link to the planning panels website provides no information of any value to this article. This article does not exist to serve as a bulletin board for protesters. Despite what some idiot has suggested here ("Black Cab You are making your own political call. Are you employed by the agencies seeking to promote this project?"), I have no connection with the road project, I just want a factual, balanced, informative and well-written article that complies with Wikipedia policies on reliable sources and a neutral point of view. BlackCab ( talk) 03:22, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Note: There is a proposal at WT:AURD#Move_articles_to_bracket_disambiguation to rename this article (and others) to conform to the WP:AURDNAME guideline – specifically, using brackets instead of a comma for disambiguation. - Evad37 [ talk 08:43, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
I have twice reverted edits to the opening sentence of the lead section in order to retain the present tense. The article accurately states in the opening paragraph that the project is now in doubt because of the change in government, but the East West Link is still a proposed road. The new state government is opposed to it and the Premier has ordered the construction consortium to halt work on it, but the consortium still has a contract with the Victorian government to build it. Additionally, the Opposition continues to support the project, and the Prime Minister continues to urge the Victorian government to honour the contract and proceed with construction. The Premier himself has conceded that the East West Link, in some truncated or altered form, could still be built. While those uncertainties (overwhelming though they may be) remain, the project should not be described in the past tense. BlackCab ( TALK) 07:46, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
BlackCab and RuleTheWiki, any idea if the state Libs have updated their position now that the renamed West Gate Tunnel is further advanced? (n.b. Not trying to solicit here, just notifying involved users) Triptothecottage ( talk) 02:51, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
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The description of the proposed freeway is incorrect. The Linking Melbourne Authority's website ( http://lma.vic.gov.au/pages/phase-2-preferred-route.asp) accurately describes the preferred route for the 'WestLink' portion of the East-West road connection described in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Craig Rowley ( talk • contribs) 20:45, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
This article is becoming too highly focused on criticism of the East West Link project. Criticism should be included as part of an overall presentation of the history and intended function of the road, not as the primary part of the article. The current wording also clearly fails to maintain an editorial neutral point of view. I have material I will soon add to the article that will give a broader view, but in the meantime I'll remove the material that breaches that basic Wikipedia policy. BlackCab ( talk) 23:15, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
Victorian government Budget documents ( see here) and websites (see here) uniformly refer to the project as East West Link. The correct name of the Wikipedia article should therefore be East West Link, Melbourne. BlackCab ( talk) 00:55, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
e2mq173 ( talk) 11:16, 1 July 2013 (UTC) Fair point, although the original article read more like a government press release, and it the level of community concern with this proposal should not be ignored. This is, after all, still in the planning (and consultation stage).
e2mq173 ( talk) 11:31, 2 July 2013 (UTC) Thanks for clarifying - will update as suggested
I have deleted several sub-sections of the "Criticism" section because of a lack of relevant sources and what seems to be an expression of opinion by a Wikipedia editor, which would make it original research. The fact that the project will "cost billions" is not in itself a criticism. There certainly have been objections raised, but they need to be described accurately and backed up with valid sources. I have a list of news stories that do that and will add them back to the article as I get time. BlackCab ( talk) 10:55, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
This article has now gone well back the other way and reads more like a political advertisement! e2mq173 ( talk) 04:26, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
Not sure how to add this info as change.org is blacklisted, but there are actually 11,853 signatures on the petition (rather than 1,300). I wanted to update the numbers with the petition as the source, but it won't let me do that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.206.142.51 ( talk) 22:47, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
Repeated attempts have been made to add detail on pickets and protests at geotechnical drill sites on the tunnel route. I have removed these because they repeat material already in the article about pickets, protests and the cost of police presence. The link to a YCAT website is a deadlink; even if it did work, an anti-tunnel website run by a protest group is not deemed a reliable source for a Wikipedia article. The link to Tumblr does not work; even if it did it would not be acceptable here; it provides nothing of encyclopedic worth. The link to the planning panels website provides no information of any value to this article. This article does not exist to serve as a bulletin board for protesters. Despite what some idiot has suggested here ("Black Cab You are making your own political call. Are you employed by the agencies seeking to promote this project?"), I have no connection with the road project, I just want a factual, balanced, informative and well-written article that complies with Wikipedia policies on reliable sources and a neutral point of view. BlackCab ( talk) 03:22, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Note: There is a proposal at WT:AURD#Move_articles_to_bracket_disambiguation to rename this article (and others) to conform to the WP:AURDNAME guideline – specifically, using brackets instead of a comma for disambiguation. - Evad37 [ talk 08:43, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
I have twice reverted edits to the opening sentence of the lead section in order to retain the present tense. The article accurately states in the opening paragraph that the project is now in doubt because of the change in government, but the East West Link is still a proposed road. The new state government is opposed to it and the Premier has ordered the construction consortium to halt work on it, but the consortium still has a contract with the Victorian government to build it. Additionally, the Opposition continues to support the project, and the Prime Minister continues to urge the Victorian government to honour the contract and proceed with construction. The Premier himself has conceded that the East West Link, in some truncated or altered form, could still be built. While those uncertainties (overwhelming though they may be) remain, the project should not be described in the past tense. BlackCab ( TALK) 07:46, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
BlackCab and RuleTheWiki, any idea if the state Libs have updated their position now that the renamed West Gate Tunnel is further advanced? (n.b. Not trying to solicit here, just notifying involved users) Triptothecottage ( talk) 02:51, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
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