Talk:Shanghai railway station
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Trains, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to rail transport on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. |
| See also: WikiProject Trains to do list | |
| Stub | This article has been rated as stub-Class on the quality scale. (assessment comments) |
| Mid | This article has been rated as mid-importance within the Trains WikiProject. |
 |
This article is maintained by WikiProject Stations. |
 |
An editor has requested that an image be added to this article. Please work with the Images task force to add a suitable image to this article. Once the requested image is added, remove the Imageneeded parameter from the {{TrainsWikiProject}} template call on this page to remove this image request. |
[edit] Crime cause
I removed the sentence about crime being caused by migrant workers, pending documentation. This is rather a sensitive topic and such statements should not be made lightly. Perhaps it could be changed to:
- Among native Shanghainese this is often said to be caused by migrant workers hoping to find a future in the city but unable to find work because of the intense competition.
But on the whole it seems unnecessary for an article on a metro station.
— Pekinensis 14:13, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
- I think the articles would all remain rather small if you really only strictly discuss the metro station. The metro stations usually represent a somewhat larger area after which they are named, I think it is proper to discuss those parts together with the metro station.
- Good idea. — Pekinensis 21:10, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
- Personally I don't know what 'native Shanghainese' say about the situation, as I am not one of them. Instead I got my information in this particular case from local police officers that mentioned the railway station is among the highest crime areas of the city. CyeZ 16:12, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
- I'm not sure I follow your argument. I am also not Shanghainese, but have a sense of what they say by listening to them. Not all but many of them have quite a lot of unkind things to say about the outsiders. I believe these unkind things belong in an encyclopedia only if they are shown to be true by good evidence, in the context of a balanced, in-depth, and careful analysis.
- I am not accusing you of prejudice, and I certainly believe that the railway station is among the highest crime areas of the city, but blaming it on the outsiders deserves great caution.
- I admit that my own personal experiences and especially those of my wife, while nothing dramatic at all, have made me somewhat sensitive about this issue.
- Why do you put 'native Shanghainese' in quotes?
- — Pekinensis 21:10, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
- Yes its true, many of them do think badly about people from other provinces.
- I'll leave out the comment, until I might come up with something better that would not be considered offensive.
- As for the putting native Shanghainese in quotes: I didnt really do it deliberately. I think its because I think quite few of those living in Shanghai are actually native Shanghainese but are actually from nearby towns and cities. CyeZ 01:42, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
- Yes, this is true. Thank you. — Pekinensis 16:51, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Problem sentence
"Unlike other Chinese cities Shanghai Railway Station is the only station of significant size in Shanghai and handles all departures" I thought there was also a Shanghai South station and a couple of other stations that handle significant traffic. Need experts. --Sumple (Talk) 22:46, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
