Talk:Trail

Rating

I've boldly upgraded the article to A-rating. The difference between A and B seems to be completeness to the expert. I can't think of another topic that can be sensibly included in this article, so I believe it should be an A. We can discuss here if other editors disagree. — hike395 (talk) 16:29, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Hike395, I support the rating. I believe you are correct. —¿philoserf? (talk) 17:49, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

@Hike395 and Philoserf: I've undone this. That was very out-of-process per WP:ACLASS. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 21:40, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

@Rwood128: I believe this article deserves being a GA. You've written a large portion of the article: would you be willing to respond to suggestions for edits? — hike395 (talk) 04:51, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Hike395 I will be happy to help. It might be useful to ask the Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors to review the article. Rwood128 (talk) 11:36, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

I think citations may need to be added in some sections. Rwood128 (talk) 12:41, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Maybe we should work through the article, adding citations, before going to GAR? — hike395 (talk) 04:37, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

I have started doing some copy editing. Rwood128 (talk) 11:14, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

I have just noticed the March 2020 discussion above, under "Start class". Rwood128 (talk) 11:56, 14 January 2021 (UTC) – Finnusertop, and Schwede66, do you have any further thoughts? Rwood128 (talk) 13:40, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

I have asked the Guild of Copy Editors to review the article. Rwood128 (talk) 13:53, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

See User talk:Rwood128#Trail_2

History

Re the discussion of rating above, might the article be further improved by adding a history section? See Ancient trackway, Old military roads of Scotland, and Drove road. Rwood128 (talk) 21:08, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Proposed merge of Primitive road into Trail

Primitive may not be a NPOV term Darrelljon (talk) 21:35, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Also could merge Primitive road to Dirt road. Darrelljon (talk) 21:49, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

I think trail generally connotes non-motorized traffic, while road generally permits both. What I would do is merge primitive road into unpaved road, because a primitive road could be either dirt or gravel and unpaved road is the WP:COMMONNAME (see here). Unpaved road should be a broad-concept article that covers both dirt and gravel roads, as opposed to being a two-line "see also". — hike395 (talk) 22:10, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Later --- proposed WP:Broad-concept article at Talk:Unpaved road. — hike395 (talk) 01:16, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

See Talk:Unpaved road/broad for a first draft of a broad-topic article combining aspects of Primitive road, dirt road, and gravel road. — hike395 (talk) 02:01, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

 Done I was WP:BOLD and merged Primitive road with parts of Gravel road and Dirt road into a new Unpaved road. We can revert if there are objections. — hike395 (talk) 18:36, 31 January 2026 (UTC)