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Existing coastal trails

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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]

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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]