Talk:Waverley Steps

Splitting proposal

The article clearly covers two distinct subjects:

The stairs leading into the station.
The short documentary film.

Apart from the name, there is almost no connection between these two subjects. The film is not about the steps, and the steps do not feature in the film.

I therefore propose that the article be split into two: Waverley Steps and Waverley Steps (film) respectively.

Alternatively, the information from the current article concerning the stairs could be transferred to Waverley station, leaving the current article to focus on the film.

Please comment. Mike Marchmont (talk) 15:57, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Cnwilliams, Tagishsimon, and Stephencdickson:. I am pinging some of the contributors to this article in case they wish to comment. Mike Marchmont (talk) 16:03, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am pro-splitting. It just makes sense, not least because following a link to the film and finding an article chiefly about the steps themselves is rather confusing. In addition, the film is named for the steps but is not chiefly about them so the current sharing is somewhat misleading. CPClegg (talk) 09:43, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@CPClegg:, thanks for your comment. In the absence of any other discussion, I will now go ahead and do the split. I propose to create a new article for the film, and keep the existing article for the steps. As a separate exercise, we can then take a view of whether the steps article has enough material to justify keeping it. Mike Marchmont (talk) 13:40, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Have now split the article

Following the above discussion, I have now gone ahead with the split. I have deleted all the information relating to the film, and created a separate (greatly expanded) article for the film. I have also marked the current article as a stub, as there is very little information remaining in it. I hope other editors will help expand the current article. If not, I will try to do so myself, or, failing that, propose it for deletion.Mike Marchmont (talk) 10:42, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]