Talk:Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
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[edit] Proposed Merge
I propose that the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England and Wales and the Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Northern Ireland pages are merged into one article. Currently the AONB England and Wales page is a near duplicate of the AONB page and the AONB Northern Ireland page is just a list. The pages could be more effectively managed if they are combined into one but split into sections for Introduction, England & Wales and Northern Ireland. This would have the benefit of reducing duplication of effort in maintaing two near-mirror copies of the same page and a separate list page, and also making the article more accessible to readers. I noticed that a previous merge attempt in 2005 was reverted a few months later without discussion, so I would like to hear what other people have to say about this proposal before taking action. Thanks. Road Wizard 20:51, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
- Correction, the pages do not appear to have been formally merged previously, just that the AONB page was redirected to the AONB England and Wales page. Road Wizard 21:34, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
- Merge is now complete thanks to Karium. -- Blisco 17:50, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
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Seems a good idea to me but I'm just a newby encylopaedist.
- Could you note the threat to AONB noted in The Guardian:
Society Section: Environment: Zones of contention: "Fifty years after the first area of outstanding natural beauty was created, is it time for a rethink as questions arise over maintenance, planning protection and local people being priced out?" The Guardian ( London ); May 3, 2006 ; James Meikle; p. 9
Vernon White 16:36, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Full article can be found here. I don't think it's sufficiently notable to be included in this article (the Guardian piece is more of a comment article) but it might be a starting point (with additional sources) for mentioning specific threats to the AONBs mentioned in their appropriate articles, ie. Gower, Sussex Downs, Dedham Vale, Kend Downs and Dorset. -- Blisco 17:50, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Deleted "AONB" from names in list
I've removed the appendage "AONB" from all the names in the list of AONBs, as it seemed somewhat redundant -- I hope no one objects. A large number of these were either redirects or piped links, so "North Pennines AONB" redirected to North Pennines and "Gower AONB" was piped to Gower Peninsula. In addition, there was already an article about Dedham Vale which appeared when I amended the redlink Dedham Vale AONB.
The remaining articles with redundant "AONB" in their titles probably ought to be moved if there is no need to disambiguate -- these being Arnside and Silverdale AONB (for which there is a redirect in place from Arnside and Silverdale), Surrey Hills AONB, Lecale Coast AONB and Ring of Gullion AONB.
I left piped links to "... AONB" in place in cases where the AONB is not coterminous with the area after which it is named (or in cases where I wasn't sure), even if the link is currently a redirect -- Anglesey being the best example -- to avoid problems if an article on the AONB is subsequently created.
Hope that all makes some kind of sense! --Blisco 18:24, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
