Talk:Trail guide

VFD Discussion
Just a list. Where is this article going? There are too many trails in the world. Looks like it will be a long list. (WT-en) ChubbyWimbus 02:47, 7 December 2009 (EST)
 * I'm not sure a page listing a lot of trails all over the place is useful, but it brings up a question: These trail articles that are linked here, are they essentially itinerary articles? or something else? An itinerary serves as a way to fit in seeing certain things in a certain order and time frame and leaves the descriptions to other articles, typically. An article for a hiking trails essentially exists to give distances and describe things along a set trail. I don't know if trails make good itinerary articles, but I do kind of like the idea of trail articles, since they give a chance to give more detail than a general national park article would.(WT-en) Texugo 09:35, 7 December 2009 (EST)
 * I wouldnt think of them as Itineraries in the usual sense, and they are a bit sparse on information at present, but they could become something useful if there is enough input. -- (WT-en) Peter (Southwood) Talk 13:47, 8 December 2009 (EST)


 * Delete. Trail articles are good, and welcome.  They should be linked to the relevant articles and locations for the traveller to find.  Nobody would start looking for a trail at the global level.  If this is an administrative list that someone wants to maintain, then it should at least move out of the main namespace.   --(WT-en) inas 17:04, 8 December 2009 (EST)


 * Rename to something like Hiking trails in North America. Someone has done some work here and it has the potential to develop into a useful index. Arguably it is already better than, say Long_distance_walking_in_Europe because, unlike that article most of the entries point to actual WT guides, and more broadly interesting than, say, Tramping in New Zealand because North America has so many more people. (WT-en) Pashley 18:23, 8 December 2009 (EST)


 * Tramping in New Zealand actually has useful information about long distance walks in New Zealand. It isn't just an index, but an introduction to the topic.
 * Long_distance_walking_in_Europe limits itself to a handful of well defined walks, where as this list is somewhat arbitrary. The trails are fine, but best linked from the regions and destinations where they are relevant.  We should demonstrate a very clear traveller benefit before allowing an article that is just a list.
 * If we really really decide that an index of these things is necessary - surely a Category is a better way to accomplish it than a manually updated index? --(WT-en) inas 00:46, 9 December 2009 (EST)


 * Redirect to List of itineraries, move the items there, and slap itinerary tags on them. A trail article would seem to be as clear an itinerary article as we could possibly have. --(WT-en) Peter Talk 01:11, 9 December 2009 (EST)


 * A fine solution, Peter. Why didn't I think of that? (WT-en) Pashley 01:26, 10 December 2009 (EST)


 * Redirect per Peter. --(WT-en) Stefan (sertmann) talk 06:23, 13 May 2010 (EDT)

Result: Redirected to List of itineraries. -- (WT-en) Ryan &bull; (talk) &bull; 23:36, 20 May 2010 (EDT)