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I removed the following information from the article as the M62 does not pass over the moor:
The M62's pass over Saddleworth Moor includes the highest point on the UK motorway network at 1,442 feet (440 metres) above sea level. [1]
Richard ( T | C ) 13:44, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
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Copied from User talk:J3Mrs. Dave.Dunford ( talk) 16:54, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
I see you reverted my edit to Saddleworth Moor. My reasoning was that (given the perennial media interest in the Moors murderers, particularly at the moment) well-meaning editors will continue to expand this section, and my subheading and {{main}} template were an attempt to forestall that (I understand the use of summaries with a link to a main article; not everyone does). I was trying to help; without something like this I fear that you will be fighting a losing battle trying to stem the tide. If you feel strongly, I think you should at least add something about it to the talk page, otherwise this will continue happening. Like it or not, I think it's undeniable that Saddleworth Moor's main notability is for the Moors murders, so (a) I'm not surprised that there's a tendency for this section to grow, even though I understand why you and others might wish it otherwise; (b) with nothing on the talk page, even careful editors are likely to edit as they see fit (most people won't look at edit summaries in the article history, they'll just dive in and edit); (c) personally I think my edit was beneficial to the article and a subheading is justified. I was essentially following the guidance at WP:SUMMARY which seems highly relevant to this situation. Dave.Dunford ( talk) 16:11, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Saddleworth Moor/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.
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Adding here as removed from article. Here are more sources for the mystery man, from The Guardian and Sky News: [1] snd [2] Police suggested that he might have been making a pilgrimage to the scene of the 1949 plane crash possibly because he was related to a victim of the disaster: [3]. Note that The Guardian source says that the man had no scars, but this is incorrect. BBC Radio 4's World at One has revealed that he had a scar on his left leg and had a metal plate holding his femur together. The manufacture's mark on the plate has narrowed the man down to being one of 7,000 possible plate recipients, in Pakistan, after 2001. 20.133.0.13 ( talk) 12:44, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
The details of the police enquiries and the leg plate are in this Guardian source 14th May 2016: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/14/mystery-saddleworth-moor-who-was-neil-dovestone. There is so much information here he could have his own article. 217.38.87.89 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:36, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
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I removed the following information from the article as the M62 does not pass over the moor:
The M62's pass over Saddleworth Moor includes the highest point on the UK motorway network at 1,442 feet (440 metres) above sea level. [1]
Richard ( T | C ) 13:44, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
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Copied from User talk:J3Mrs. Dave.Dunford ( talk) 16:54, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
I see you reverted my edit to Saddleworth Moor. My reasoning was that (given the perennial media interest in the Moors murderers, particularly at the moment) well-meaning editors will continue to expand this section, and my subheading and {{main}} template were an attempt to forestall that (I understand the use of summaries with a link to a main article; not everyone does). I was trying to help; without something like this I fear that you will be fighting a losing battle trying to stem the tide. If you feel strongly, I think you should at least add something about it to the talk page, otherwise this will continue happening. Like it or not, I think it's undeniable that Saddleworth Moor's main notability is for the Moors murders, so (a) I'm not surprised that there's a tendency for this section to grow, even though I understand why you and others might wish it otherwise; (b) with nothing on the talk page, even careful editors are likely to edit as they see fit (most people won't look at edit summaries in the article history, they'll just dive in and edit); (c) personally I think my edit was beneficial to the article and a subheading is justified. I was essentially following the guidance at WP:SUMMARY which seems highly relevant to this situation. Dave.Dunford ( talk) 16:11, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Saddleworth Moor/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.
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Last edited at 22:06, 29 October 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 05:13, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
Adding here as removed from article. Here are more sources for the mystery man, from The Guardian and Sky News: [1] snd [2] Police suggested that he might have been making a pilgrimage to the scene of the 1949 plane crash possibly because he was related to a victim of the disaster: [3]. Note that The Guardian source says that the man had no scars, but this is incorrect. BBC Radio 4's World at One has revealed that he had a scar on his left leg and had a metal plate holding his femur together. The manufacture's mark on the plate has narrowed the man down to being one of 7,000 possible plate recipients, in Pakistan, after 2001. 20.133.0.13 ( talk) 12:44, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
The details of the police enquiries and the leg plate are in this Guardian source 14th May 2016: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/14/mystery-saddleworth-moor-who-was-neil-dovestone. There is so much information here he could have his own article. 217.38.87.89 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:36, 17 June 2016 (UTC)