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Cairo-Cape Town Highway Move

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I have moved the Cairo-Cape Town Highway to a separate page and removed the “route” from the current page. TapticInfo (talk) 20:04, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I don't consider it necessary to have a separate article, and have proposed merger. The Cape to Cairo Road page covers the same topic.  — Amakuru (talk) 17:19, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Well, from the notes on both the pages, it is clear that the "Cape to Cairo Road" (a historical plan during colonial times to connect British colonies) and the "Cairo-Cape Town Highway" (one of the United Nations & African Union routes through Africa) have a few differences (i.e. One passes through Ethiopia and the other one doesn't; One passes through Botswana and the other one doesn't; In Tanzania, one passes through Dodoma while the other uses a longer, more easterly route through the nation between Iringa and Arusha). Apart from these few differences, they use the same roads for much of their routes. So, if we were to merge the two pages, we would need to clearly give each road its own sections and subsections on the page, while finding a way to introduce BOTH sections in the introductory area. Looking at how the page was before the separation, I also don't think it is necessary to have the two pages separated. Chils Kemptonian (talk) 22:16, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support the merge, but think that merging to the modern name (Cairo–Cape Town Highway), for the road that actually exists, would be better. Klbrain (talk) 00:20, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]