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Okay, after a short hiatus, this is going to become an issue again. Back in September, several articles were created with large swaths of uncited material. The redirect route was attempted, and reverted, so the uncited material was removed, which created a bit of a tempest in a teacup. You can see the relevant discussion at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Highways/Archive 9#Citing The "Route Section" on Road Articles]]. An interesting aspect of that discussion was the pertinence of [[WP:MAPCITE]], however, in the "Original research" section of that essay, it clearly states, "When describing the route of a waterway, mountain range, road, railroad, etc., a single map should not be used the sole source used to provide the description." Not to mention the fact that MAPCITE is an essay, not a policy. In contrast, [[WP:PRIMARYSOURCE]], which is policy, states, "Do not analyze, evaluate, interpret, or synthesize material found in a primary source yourself; instead, refer to reliable secondary sources that do so." Before I am accused of being a "bull in a china shop" again by several admins, would like to hear input on them. Recent articles where a single link to Google Maps is being used as the sole source to establish notability, as well as providing the route description has cropped up again at [[M41 (Durban)]], [[M1 (Durban)]], and [[M25 (Durban)]]. In addition, I looked at one of the older articles, [[A404 road]], where the route material was re-added, again citing only Google Maps, which contains no route description. Thoughts would be appreciated. [[User:onel5969|'''<span style="color:#536895;">Onel</span><span style="color:#ffb300;">5969</span>''']] ^{[[User talk:Onel5969|<i style="color:blue">TT me</i>]]} 12:32, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

:I've reverted those two articles back to the redirect. A single google map ref is insufficient as a reference for a mainspace article. Its junk of the lowest level. Its nothing that can't be found quickly on another site, so its basically a copy and paste exercise. Lowest common denomintor stuff. '''<span style="text-shadow:7px 7px 8px black; font-family:Papyrus">[[User:scope_creep|<span style="color:#3399ff">scope_creep</span>]]^{[[User talk:scope_creep#top|Talk]]}</span>''' 13:21, 28 November 2022 (UTC)