Talk:Cirque de Navacelles
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Remove commentary in article and clarification of maintenance status of local road network edit
A large portion of the "Road network" section is snarky commentary on the section itself. It should be removed. The text the commentary references is also quite subjective. If a section about the road network is deemed to be nexcessary at all (the french version doesn't), then it should be rewritten and expanded.
Regarding the content of the section: A look at Google Street View (from 2016) reveals a maintained road typical for rural areas in europe that is indeed narrow and does not allow two cars to pass each other at full speed.
--> I will remove the section about the road network. Wikipedia is neither a tourist guide nor a facebook comment section.
The commentary in question: "This whole section is subjective and entirely useless as a section on this subject. The road down from the Causses to the Cirque from the north/Blandas side is double-lane, has room for two maintenance trucks to pass with ease, and has a low wall along the side of the drop for the entirety of its route down. It opens out either side of the river and you can park and paddle in the river. The road on the south/St-Maurice-Navacelles side has been deliberately narrowed to reduce traffic and try to protect this special, historical site, but still has a wall on the side of the drop and passing places at regular intervals. The idea that anyone comes here to experience a “dangerous route” is absolutely absurd. People come to see its geographical, geological and historical importance, find out how it has been inhabited by humanity since ancient times, and marvel at its astonishing beauty and stunning views.
The paragraph about the "Road network" is the take of someone (I’m guessing an American), who’s rarely driven on rural roads in Europe, finds anything less than an eight-lane highway tricky to negotiate - ooh, corners! - and writes about everything as if it’s some kind of Tripadvisor tourist review, instead of as the marvellous site of special scientific interest that it actually is. They’ve created a bullshit subsection based on their own ignorance…
So here’s an idea, Wikipedia: how about asking someone to just translate the French page about this amazing place?"
2001:1458:204:1:0:0:102:E3CF (talk) 15:36, 17 December 2021 (UTC)