Wikivoyage:Nigeria café/Archives/2021/October

Nigeria Transportation and Recreation Expedition

Swept in from the pub

Hello everyone, it's been about a couple of months since the Nigeria Expedition, but Edriiic has proposed a new expedition into improving everything about transportation in articles about Nigeria on both the English Wikivoyage and the English Wikipedia (which I presume for en.voy, it will largely improve our Get in and Get around sections). More information is at m:Grants:Project/Rapid/Nigeria Transportation and Recreation Expedition where you can also sign your support. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 08:06, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Ground Zero:, @Ikan Kekek:, @SHB2000:, @SelfieCity: and everyone else, I recently travelled by rail from Lagos to Ibadan. Rail travel is being reintroduced in some parts of Nigeria. The trip is a section of the proposed Lagos–Kano Standard Gauge Railway standard gauge rail project. I am aware we can write articles about Itineraries, I can't find anything about a train trip in a country in Africa on the Itinerary section. The existence of articles such as the Felucca cruise on the Nile and Congo Nile Trail makes me feel I can write about the trip. I will like to know if I can go ahead with the article. Haylad (talk) 13:37, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Haylad: Hi there, feel free to write about it. I'm not the best person to ask for rail articles since I've never wrote any rail travel articles myself, but I can certainly help out with the itinerary :) SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 13:40, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, this certainly can be written up as an itinerary article. Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:25, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not in Africa, but Inlandsbanan, West Highland Line, The Canadian and Trans-Siberian Railway are railway itineraries of different types; perhaps they can give inspiration. –LPfi (talk) 18:38, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Haylad: I think a lot of travellers would be interested in taking this train trip, so an article would be very useful. Ground Zero (talk) 20:01, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I will get to writing one shortly.Haylad (talk) 08:26, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome. Can't wait to see how it'll turn out (and this will also be a major milestone for voy, as this will be our first rail itinerary in Africa) SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 08:33, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]