Talk:Eakins Oval

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Proposal to split off the Washington Monument section

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The result of this discussion was to convert the redirect, but keep the section and only split a minimal amount, any overly detailed info, from this article. Thanks, Zeete (talk) 10:25, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The section on the Washington Monument could be its own article. It is on the German wikipedia de:Washington Monument (Philadelphia). I propose that the information on the monument be split out and used to overwrite the redirect Washington Monument (Philadelphia). The Eakins Oval article would then be primarily about the traffic circle. Thanks, Zeete (talk) 15:20, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

But the main landmark of the oval is the monument, kind of defeats the purpose to split. A stand-alone article would be fine, but doing so while not losing much of the present page would be the ideal. Randy Kryn (talk) 15:42, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Randy Kryn: Agreed. I'd leave the high level description, but move the infobox, gallery and detailed history and description. The stand-alone article could then be added to the George Washington template. What do you thinks? Thanks, Zeete (talk) 16:04, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As long as a couple/few photos remain along with most of the history. The oval is somewhat defined by this statue, which seems central to this page, and keeping most of the present information on this and the proposed stand-alone page seems the best way to go. I've read very bad splits on Wikipedia, some which gutted much of their initial article, and people who come here to learn about Eakins Oval shouldn't have to search further for a good presentation of the statue. Randy Kryn (talk) 16:08, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Randy Kryn: Agreed. Both articles would cover the monument, the stand-alone in more detail. For example, the top image of Eakins Oval is a great view of the monument in the circle. Also the horse and rider image. Thanks, Zeete (talk) 16:17, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.