Template talk:Location/Road

This has Roads on a Road. Would it sound better to change this to "Roads crossing Road" or "Roads intersecting Road"? &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 14:28, April 9, 2015 (UTC)


 * I'm on the fence about that. It's perhaps more precise, but it opens a can of wyrms, I think.


 * If a river is crossed by a road, now it falls in the Locations on Road category, but maybe it should be Locations Crossed by Road. Do we need to treat Rivers differently than other Locations when it comes to roads? Settlements are currently Settlements on Road, but really some are Settlements Through Which Road Passes while others are Settlements Alongside Road, and still others, Settlements Off the Road a Short Distance by Another Path. In one sense, the only things that can really be "on" a road are items or travelers.


 * I was thinking of being a traveler on a road with a list of "points of interest" on the road. Such a "map" would include road crossings, rivers, and towns, right? That's why I think using "on" for everything will probably suffice. ~ Lhynard (talk) 14:37, April 9, 2015 (UTC)


 * I agree that everything that touches a Road is "on the Road" for various values of "touch", except, in common vernacular, for other roads. I'm suggesting the name of this link would be less confusing if we changed it to Roads crossing Road". The category "Locations on Road" would still be a TripTik of all the sights you could see while traveling that Road and still include Roads that cross it. I'm not proposing changing category names, just the name of the link. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 15:24, April 9, 2015 (UTC)


 * Ah, in that case, go for it! ~ Lhynard (talk) 16:22, April 9, 2015 (UTC)

Well, this is embarrassing. Apparently, when I converted this template to a Portable Infobox, I cut-and-pasted my "Roads crossing &lt;road&gt; change away. Should I put it back, or leave it as is has been for 3 years!? &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 15:09, April 22, 2018 (UTC)


 * Ha ha. I had to go read-read the whole conversation to have any idea what you were talking about. I'd put it back; as noted above, I agree with your point. ~ Lhynard (talk) 17:13, April 22, 2018 (UTC)


 * &hellip;Or "Roads off &lt;Foo&gt;", which covers both roads that intersect and cross another. ~ Lhynard (talk) 17:16, April 22, 2018 (UTC)


 * Hmm. "Off" and "off of" sound like Americanisms to me, or too colloquial, and (perhaps) implies that the "offshoot" road is smaller than the road from which it is branching. "Crosses", while not being precise, has a more universal understanding, IMHO. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 00:39, April 23, 2018 (UTC)