Talk:King Charles III England Coast Path

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Hiking trails, a project which is currently considered to be inactive.Hiking trailsWikipedia:WikiProject Hiking trailsTemplate:WikiProject Hiking trailsHiking trails articles

Backpacking (inactive)

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Backpacking, a project which is currently considered to be inactive.BackpackingWikipedia:WikiProject BackpackingTemplate:WikiProject BackpackingBackpacking articles

UK geography Low‑importance

	United Kingdom portal This article falls within the scope of WikiProject UK geography, a user-group dedicated to building a comprehensive and quality guide to places in the United Kingdom on Wikipedia. If you wish to participate, share ideas or merely get tips you can join us at the project page where there are resources, to do lists and guidelines on how to write about settlements.UK geographyWikipedia:WikiProject UK geographyTemplate:WikiProject UK geographyUK geography articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

England Low‑importance

	England portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject England, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of England on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.EnglandWikipedia:WikiProject EnglandTemplate:WikiProject EnglandEngland-related articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Existing coastal trails[edit]

I'm beginning to realise, after adding two paths, that there are many further paths that can be added. I therefore suggest that restraint is in order. Rwood128 (talk) 13:20, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Updating the title page and logo[edit]

The title of the page needs to be updated with King Charles III. The new logo also needs to be added from the National Trails website.King Charles III England Coast Path - North East - National Trails Sheffski (talk) 20:19, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I really don't think so - this was purely a political move on the part of the UK's Tory government - without consultation - and is never likely to be used as the common name for this trail! Geopersona (talk) 21:15, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly the name has already been changed and is it's official title. The page will need to reflect that. Sheffski (talk) 20:36, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:COMMONNAME: "Wikipedia does not necessarily use the subject's "official" name as an article title; it generally prefers the name that is most commonly used (as determined by its prevalence in a significant majority of independent, reliable English-language sources)..." Dave.Dunford (talk) 08:34, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I moved it before noticing these messages. It's a governmental name and in my experience (mostly Australian), we usually follow changes like that pretty closely on Wikipedia, whether we like the government of the day or not. Also, a quick Google search for "England Coast Path" coughed up this from the BBC and this from ITV, which prove that it's being used in the media, at the very least. Also it's rather unusual to have the bolded title be different from the article title, especially when an acronym is involved. I'm here because of this edit I found while checking contributions of an IP range and don't plan to pursue this any further. Graham87 (talk) 07:11, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I refer you to my previous comment "Wikipedia does not necessarily use the subject's "official" name as an article title; it generally prefers the name that is most commonly used (as determined by its prevalence in a significant majority of independent, reliable English-language sources)...". The existence of articles reporting on the official name change does not reflect the prevalence of the common name. They do not justify your page move. Dave.Dunford (talk) 08:07, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

OK I did come back and check my contribs ... the articles I linked above aren't reporting on the name change in particular; they're routine reporting about the path and just happen to refer to it casually using the new name. I've looked for articles from the time since the rename that still refer to it by the old name (by Googling "england coastal path" -"charles" "2023" and haven't been able to find anything. Graham87 (talk) 12:46, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]