Talk:Hengoed Viaduct

Listed atatus

The article stated this is one of two listed viaducts in Wales, citing [1]. Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Wrexham_County_Borough lists two more, so I've removed the referenced. Aoeuidhtns (talk) 07:05, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

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Ownership transfer & date

This doesn't change the sense of anything, but for precision,

"its ownership was transferred from British Rail to Railway Paths Ltd in 1999."

Should be,

"its ownership was transferred by BRB (Residuary) Limited to Railway Paths in 2001."

The exact date of the transfer was 30 July 2001, by which time British Rail has ceased to be and its residual assets were being managed by BRB (Residuary) Limited. It is their name that appears on the conveyance. Unusually, the change of title was not registered until 27 May 2002, ref CYM73673 available from HM Land Registry.

None of this really matters which is why it's on this talk page without an edit request. Dpembert (talk) 12:08, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

The new editor Dpembert started making a series of changes to similar articles on 9 March 2021, generally complaining that content was wrong and deleting or over-writing references; until requested by myself to make a conflict of interest declaration and to stop directly-editing other similar articles, Dpembert was unaware of the Wikipedia policy stating "COI editing is strongly discouraged on Wikipedia."

The article was edited by IkbenFrank on 8 August 2016 to state that Railway Paths Ltd acquired in 1999, per this source at Railway Paths. I have subsequently established that the website was changed at some point in between 2020 and 2021 to reflect that ownership was ascribed to Railway Paths in 2001. NB, their website avoids use of 'ownership', stating instead " In 2001, the viaduct was entrusted to Railway Paths..."

The article was correct to source when written and I've requested Dpembert to undertake internal enquiries within his organisation, Railway Paths Ltd, shown as Railway Paths, to ascertain why and when these changes were made and to collate how many WP articles are affected.

I have generally edited this article with what I consider as improvements; I don't intend to make further changes, and I'm not suggesting anyone else does imminently, regarding the change of ownership date, due to the circumstances identified. It's not incumbent on WP editors to have to be encumbered with this responsibility or considerable imposition, IMO. Editors are reminded that secondary sources are preferred, per WP:SECONDARY. Of course, these would unlikely be changed in such a manner.--Rocknrollmancer (talk) 18:32, 14 March 2021 (UTC)