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Talk:Sukhumvit Line

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User:Globe-trotter recently renamed the article from Sukhumvit LinetoBTS Sukhumvit Line. I think this is unnecessarily overprecise (see WP:PRECISE), since this is not the subject's natural and common name, and there is no risk of confusion since there are no other lines named Sukhumvit. For comparison, Bakerloo line is not at Bakerloo tube line. (The MRT lines are another matter since colour names are common.) I'll move the page back if no one objects. --Paul_012 (talk) 05:54, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Recently the prefix "BTS" is systematically being added in front of every occurrence of "Sukhumvit line". This creates a lot of visual and mental clutter. In the system itself this prefix is very rarely added. It is not used on the signage in the stations, nor on the maps in and around the stations. It is not added in the ticketing machines, nor on the dynamic displays in the trains. On the online "area maps" the prefix is not seen. The only place where it is sometimes used is on the overall title "BTS Skytrain Route Map", but not for individual lines. WP reflects the real world, therefore I propose to remove this prefix from the WP articles. −Woodstone (talk) 10:54, 4 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. --Paul_012 (talk) 12:03, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The use of the prefix BTS exists in only 2 places in this article, the Legend/Summary box and BTS Summary Extensions. How is 2 uses of the prefix either "Systematically added" or creating "a lot of visual and mental clutter". That really does seem rather exaggerated.

As previously advised, the official BTS online map and BTSC Annual reports refer to the line as "BTS Skytrain Sukhumvit line" and "BTS Skytrain Silom line". Most pax users refer to both lines as BTS. Accordingly it seems reasonable to reflect that especially when the main article is titled, "BTS Skytrain" not just Skytrain. I would actually say that it is inconsistent to have the main article titled "BTS Skytrain" and the two related articles not use the BTS prefix. ( I also note that the icon links used on all BKK transit pages are titled, BTS so again there is inconsistency in the WP articles). The question seems very simple, is this a BTS line or not? Further, does it improve consistency, and the accuracy of the article to use the BTS prefix or does the inclusion of the BTS prefix create confusion or is it somehow incorrect? Yappofloyd (talk) 07:28, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

See continued discussion under Talk:Silom line. −Woodstone (talk) 15:19, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've reverted the unilateral move from 2020. All the sources I checked on Google News treat the name as a proper noun.

• Bangkok Post - always capitalised[1][2][3][4][5]
• Thaiger - always capitalised[6][7][8]
• Railway Technology - capitalised[9]
• Railway-News - capitalised[10]
• Railway Gazette - capitalised[11]
• Khaosod English - capitalised [12]
• Coconuts Bangkok - capitalised[13]
• Pattaya Mail - capitalised[14]
• International Railway Journal - capitalised[15]
• Consultancy.asia - capitalised[16]

--Paul_012 (talk) 09:43, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]