Talk:Oxford–Cambridge Arc

Oxford2Cambridge.com is just a holding page - is linking to it useful when it doesn't have any content? Caliston 08:58, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

True. Feel free to delete in such cases. I did. --Concrete Cowboy 23:33, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

RFC: change of name to current usage.

The term "Oxford-Cambridge Arc" appears to be so last century, dahling. The National Infrastructure Commission uses "Cambridge – Milton Keynes – Oxford corridor". Per WP:Common name, that is what we should be using. Unless anyone objects to this proposal in the next two weeks or so, I shall move this article to that name. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 23:31, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

As no-one has objected, I shall do the move. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 21:25, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 18 December 2019

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The result of the move request was: moved to Oxford–Cambridge Arc (closed by non-admin page mover) DannyS712 (talk) 19:40, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

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Cambridge – Milton Keynes – Oxford corridor → Oxford-Cambridge Arc – The Cambridge – Milton Keynes – Oxford corridor is the old name of this project. The name has been changed back to the 'Oxford-Cambridge Arc' and therefore the title of the page should reflect this. All instances of corridor in copy have been updated. Alexnenglish1995 (talk) 13:52, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Citations showing evidence of a name change are needed before this is even considered. "All instances of corridor in copy have been updated." What copy? of what? where? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 16:50, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

• I see that England's Economic Heartland is using the Arc terminology, but is that because they never changed to corridor or because they've reverted? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 16:50, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Please see the following resources as hard evidence that the name of the project has indeed been reverted to the Oxford-Cambridge Arc:

• The Government's own policy paper declaring the project: The Oxford-Cambridge Arc: government ambition and joint declaration between government and local partners

• Another Government paper setting out the strategy of the project: Oxford-Cambridge Arc Local Industrial Strategies

If you would like any further resources, there are plenty more where they came from!Alexnenglish1995 (talk) 10:47, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Ok, accepted. I have updated the Request to Move so that it says that "Oxford-Cambridge Arc" is the intended target, I don't know of any serious alternatives.

I Support this move. (Just for the closing administrator).

References

• Comment: shouldn't there be an endash instead of the hyphen in the proposed title? There is no place called Oxford-Cambridge. HandsomeFella (talk) 07:48, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

• Yes, well spotted, but it should be an mdash. (Oxford—Cambridge). I have updated the RtM accordingly. The redirect with a hyphen will need changing too. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 16:41, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

• No, it should be an en-dash as HandsomeFella said, per the MOS: MOS:ENBETWEEN. Dekimasuよ! 15:12, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

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