Wikipedia:Village pump (policy): Difference between revisions

:When writing about transport services and networks it's always advisable to start with the broadest article (e.g. transport in country) then gradually work your way down (e.g. write "transport in region" before "transport in city" before "buses in city" before "list of bus routes in city" before "bus route in city") [[User:Thryduulf|Thryduulf]] ([[User talk:Thryduulf|talk]]) 23:27, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

::Not always. Suppose you were trying to write the article on [[Transport in London]] from scratch and none of the child articles existed. The task would be enormously difficult, and getting the article through GA or FA more so, with people constantly asking for or adding more material. Which is why so many top level articles are in such poor shape. Whereas if the child articles were there first, you could construct the parent from the leads of the children like [[History of transport in London]], [[London Underground]], [[Docklands Light Railway]], [[Buses in London]], [[Cycling in London]] etc where there is already consensus on what goes in a summary. [[User:Hawkeye7|<span style="color:#800082">Hawkeye7</span>]] [[User_talk:Hawkeye7|<span style="font-size:80%">(discuss)</span>]] 01:33, 4 May 2024 (UTC)