Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hougang South Bus Interchange

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This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was No consensus, defaults to keep. Ral315 05:02, September 13, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hougang South Bus Interchange

According to the article, this is a Singapore bus station, now closed Pilatus 08:28, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

  • Strong keep. This closed interchange has a very strong political and social history behind it. I will embark on writting a summary of it for now.--Huaiwei 10:42, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
    • The protests against expanding Hougang suburb and shifting its commercial centre have nothing to do with this bus station and are best dealt with at Hougang. Besides, the one-line stub could really do with expansion. Pilatus 17:03, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
      • I would have thought this was quite clear in the article (which I have not completed espanding). As far as Singaporean transport planning goes, a bus interchange is build in every new town in its main commercial centre. When Hougang's town centre was moved, the planners wanted to shift the interchange as well, and it was the closure of this interchange which led to protests, not the expansion of Hougang or the movement of the town centre. In fact, this episode was a hot political topic as well spanning over a decade, with MPs manipulating it to win votes amongst the electoriate.--Huaiwei 19:02, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
        • You see, all of this I wasn't aware of as a foreigner. Bus transport in Singapore is the obvious candidate to put this in. 129.215.194.205 20:29, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep. I don't like it, but there are numerous other examples of this kind of article at Category:Bus stubs. If they stay, this should stay as well. unsigned vote by khaosworks. --Nandesuka 12:21, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
    • This argument is fallacious. If we accept the premise that we should never delete an article because at least one other article of its kind exists on Wikipedia, it is likely that no articles can ever be deleted. If you think it should be deleted, then vote accordingly on this vote standing by itself, and deal with the "numerous other examples" in their own time. Nandesuka 12:12, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, highly encyclopedic article. Kappa 12:49, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, non-notable. Nandesuka 13:04, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, as per Pilatus. Statement left by User:Pperos
  • Keep bus terminals. --SPUI (talk) 16:45, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete — Very non-notable. — RJH 16:53, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep Like death, closure makes no difference to the notability of a subject (unless it increases it). CalJW 18:22, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
  • keep all roadcruft Roodog2k (talk) 19:59, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. WP:POINT - Mailer Diablo 20:02, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, verifiable. If someone wants to merge that's fine too. JYolkowski // talk 21:54, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Wikipedia is not a guide to bus routes, it is an encyclopedia. Gamaliel 23:10, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
    • Comment: Does this particular article read like a transport guide to you?--Huaiwei 16:33, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep --Vsion 23:12, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete - Not notable --Camw 06:56, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep bus terminals, schools, and battleships. —RaD Man (talk) 07:25, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete not notable --Mecanismo 18:34, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, bus terminals are not inherently notable. Lord Bob 01:14, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Nothing to say it belongs in an encylopedia. Maybe these need to be combined in one article. Vegaswikian 04:56, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Neither schools nor bus terminals are comparable to battleships. Especially non-notable ones. / Peter Isotalo 21:51, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete bus spotters' obsession --redstucco 08:42, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
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