Talk:Third Avenue

The Bronx

In manhattan 3rd Ave. isn't such a big deal, but it is a Major High Street in the bronx, second only to the Grand Concourse. I wonder if Bronx should be in the title? futurebird 13:03, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

• There are two options (or more, if you can imagine them): 1) Start a second article "Third Avenue (Bronx)" for the Bronx section of the roadway, or 2) add the Bronx info to this article and rename it as "Third Avenue (New York City)". Arguments could be made wither way -- "They're really two different streets that just share a name, with very different characteristics in each borough", or "It's the same continuous street in both boroughs" -- and we should discuss the issue here further to see where consensus lies. Alansohn 13:12, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

I think if we split it up each one would be too short and "stubby" -- that said I don't know to what degree the streets are "the same" --I think the best option is to change it to Third Avenue (New York City) and have a little section about each. futurebird 13:21, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Image

The first image in this article is titled "Third Ave" but when opened the description says "Second Ave". It should be removed or replaced with an image of Third Ave if that image is in fact an image of Second Ave. I can not tell if it is or isn't. 72.220.110.184 (talk) 05:37, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

The image description was wrong, which was obvious since Second Ave. is one-way South-bound. I found the intersection in Street View and fixed the caption. Dicklyon (talk) 06:03, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Third Avenue El, but no mention of the Third Avenue Railway?

Nothing about the Third Avenue Railway in the Public Transportation chapter? ---------User:DanTD (talk) 06:31, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

WP:SOFIXIT. Dicklyon (talk) 07:29, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

I just did. It's a start, but it's still better than nothing. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 13:45, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 3 April 2019

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Moved. Normally executed technical requests at WP:RM/T are bound to be reverted to the long-standing title if contested for any reasonable reason and this article is no exception. Leaving it at Third Avenue (Manhattan) and arguing that others must explain why it shouldn't stay here is invoking fait accompli as it was recently moved there without discussion in the first place. Proper way to discuss this is to explain why Third Avenue → Third Avenue (Manhattan) should happen, not other way round.(non-admin closure) – Ammarpad (talk) 06:47, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

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• Third Avenue (Manhattan) → Third Avenue

– This was an undiscussed move requested at WP:RM/TR. The avenue in Manhattan in the Bronx is a clear primary topic and there have been similar discussions in the past at Talk:Fifth Avenue and Talk:Sixth Avenue. epicgenius (talk) 12:49, 3 April 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 15:01, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

• OPPOSE: While it might have been undiscussed, the argument of Manhattan's Third Avenue being a WP:PRIMARYTOPIC is invalid given the name is very generic and not something very location specific as per rules as those from Manhattan may state Third Avenue as the one in Manhattan while those from Bronx may have a different concept and other countries have their own numeric avenue (Third Avenue) names so it therefore fails in a widely recognized name around the world to be automatically associated to Manhattan. Names such as New York is an example of a globally accepted name despite having different uses.

With such disambiguators must be used and therefore old arguments about Fifth and Sixth be overturned. Plus there is no standard across all NY Numeric Articles and again the name is very generic and thus not merit those arguments.Korean Rail Fan 15:16, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Korean Rail Fan, your argument doesn't cite any policy. WP:PRIMARYTOPIC deals with which of the possible subjects is mentioned more frequently when you refer to a keyword. In this case, Third Avenue in New York City (it is the same avenue in Manhattan and the Bronx) is viewed many more times compared to other articles named "Third Avenue".

Your argument about "Fifth and Sixth [must] be overturned", and that there must be a standard, is not based on any policy. In fact, WP:QUALIFIER (an established policy) says, If the article is about the primary topic to which the ambiguous name refers, then that name can be its title without modification, provided it follows all other applicable policies. There were two discussions in which a clear consensus was reached regarding these titles, so you must file a new Requested Move for each page. You cannot unilaterally move pages in which there may be a dispute regarding the topic. epicgenius (talk) 15:42, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Based on previous arguments on the Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue articles one of the arguments was it is the most distinguished among all articles with such name. WP:NWFCTM prohibits such use as it may be arbitrary and a case to case basis, and based on the name being generic and using arguments that "It is the most used". Then also if there is a consensus, why is it not applied accross all Manhattan Avenue articles? Therefore using the validity of those consensus is only for the specific articles and is not applicable on other articles otherwise specified. Korean Rail Fan 16:00, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Korean Rail Fan, some Manhattan avenues are simply more famous than others. For instance, Fifth Avenue is well-known around the world as an icon of wealth, while Eleventh Avenue (Manhattan) is not so well known. According to the guideline you linked, Because many topics on Wikipedia are more interesting or pertinent to particular groups, one potential criterion to commonly avoid is what "first comes to mind". However, it can be argued that there are some locations that are universally known. For example, Fifth Avenue. epicgenius (talk) 16:23, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

• Support per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. The only other uses are Third Avenue (Brooklyn) and possibly 3rd Avenue (band), and this article gets most pageviews. At the very least, this should be moved to Third Avenue (New York City) (with a hatnote to Brooklyn) because it is in the Bronx as well as Manhattan. Station1 (talk) 17:35, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
• Oppose - as WP:NOPRIMARY. A result of systemic, metropolitan bias in coverage. Move Third Avenue (disambiguation) to primary. Doing this will discourage accidental or unclear internal wikilinking. -- Netoholic @ 19:25, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Epicgenius, there comes the argument on the WP:NWFCTM as one might think that Third Avenue (or even Fifth Avenue) is easily recognizable as the one in Manhattan around the world when in fact this is a bad assumption given that there are many places with the same name around the world such as asking those from London what and where Third Avenue is and this will definitely result to the one in Kilburn, or for Arabs in Dubai they might refer to it as the one in Downtown Dubai and so on. The argument on popularity for primary is best suited for names that are recognized around the world and almost certainly pertain to such with whomever you speak, a best example of this is Champs-Élysées in Paris which is a famous boulevard wherein asking one in other continents, they would likely tell that its the one in Paris.

To add there is even an article that states that numeric naming schemes are actually very popular (this is just USA alone) [[1]] and thus cannot be attributed as primary in just one location. Korean Rail Fan 02:42, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

When considering titles for articles on WP, we need only consider other topics on WP that bear the same name. Right now, there are only three: the street in Manhattan and the Bronx, the street in Brooklyn, and the band that uses the numeral 3 in its name. Of those three, we need to ask which article are most readers who type "Third Avenue" actually looking for and expecting. In this case, its the street in Manhattan and the Bronx. That might change in the future if other notable Third Avenues get articles, but for now it's what most people want. Station1 (talk) 02:56, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

Korean Rail Fan, I can see your and Netoholic's points. I know that there are tens of thousands of Third Avenues around the world. But each article needs to be decided more based on the regional or global notability of each subject, and not just local notability. Fifth Avenue, for instance, is one of the best known streets in NYC besides Broadway and Park Avenue. But we don't have tens of thousands of articles about Fifth Avenues or Fifth Streets around the United States, we have comparatively very few that actually have articles. Same with Third Avenue in NYC. And anyway, if the streets in London and Dubai are notable enough, they will also have articles with the appropriate disambiguation afterward. epicgenius (talk) 02:57, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

I would argue that these numbered street names are so common across the world that we should treat them like three-letter abbreviations, basic numbers, basic letters, etc. - in that we avoid putting any single topic at primary, breaking a sequence of DABs at primary. Its better and more consistent since readers can expect that if First Avenue, Second Avenue are disambiguation pages, that Third Avenue is one also. Its not like thousands of "Third Avenue"s around the world are named after the one in New York. -- Netoholic @ 00:59, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

• Support. Even in Britain, we would primarily associate this name and others like it with New York. We certainly wouldn't associate it with Kilburn, any more than we would with Acton (where I used to live on the nearby First Avenue, incidentally, so I do know what I'm talking about!). I'm afraid such a claim is laughable. This is a very clear primary topic. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:15, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

In Wisconsin, there are at least two Third Avenue Historic District, which is colloquially and popularly called as "Third Avenue". Also this example should be the basis of what the "Third Avenue" title should be wherein it acts as a disambiguation page instead similar to how Third Avenue Historic District (Kenosha, Wisconsin) and Third Avenue Historic District (Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin) are the same Third Avenues along the coast but are separate articles with their own merit. Therefore following such example here and disambiguate Third Avenue is the best way to go as Third Avenue (Manhattan) and Third Avenue (Brooklyn) are separate articles of their own merit plus the existence of other articles with such name do exist which is not accepted globally as the one in Manhattan even if you go to places such as Africa or Asia. Korean Rail Fan 16:20, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

Please read WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Nobody is saying there aren't Third Avenues elsewhere. We're saying this is by far the most notable and best-known (yes, all over the world) and what people are most likely to be looking for. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:49, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

I have read it and assumptions are not good enough for a name that is generic to be considered as such. There is no proof that Africans, Asians, South Americans, etc. and their regional sub-divisions automatically recognize the title as the one in NY, heck a good number might not even know that a Third Avenue exists in NY. Unlike SOHO or NYC, EU+NA is not the entire world. Korean Rail Fan 03:39, 6 April 2019 (UTC)

I fail to see how someone in Africa, Asia or South America would be any more or less likely to recognise Third Avenue as being in NYC than someone in Europe! None are in the USA. Non-argument. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:06, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Uhm for the reason that most people from those regions either don't care about Third Avenue in NYC or they have their own Third Avenue which they associate with instead? I bet people from Africa such as Haiti or DR Congo, Asia such as Cambodia or East Timor, and South America such as Venezuela and Cuba would even know that a Third Avenue in NYC exists unlike how a WTC exists in NYC because of its history and height as well as the 9/11. So yeah even the one that nominated the moved recognized the argument in some way as valid. Korean Rail Fan 10:06, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

You haven't answered my question as to why Europeans are any more likely to be familiar with streets in NYC than anyone else outside America. You could use this argument of yours for absolutely any topic. Primacy is determined by usage in English language sources (this being English Wikipedia). Presumably almost nothing should be a primary topic in your eyes, given someone in Mongolia, Cambodia or Congo may not have heard of things that would be recognisably primary to people from English-speaking countries? -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:18, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

• Support Primary topic deals with relative notability among all topics that could potentially be at the same name. In this case, there is a clear primary topic among notable subjects that a reader could expect to reach by searching this title.--Yaksar (let's chat) 01:22, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
• Support, clear primary topic. I'm getting really tired of WP:RM/TR being used for things that are clearly controversial. —Xezbeth (talk) 06:50, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
• Support. The existence of other Third Avenues doesn't stop this one from being the primary topic. And given that this was an undiscussed move, it should default back anyway if there is no consensus. Calidum 04:38, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

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