Talk:Cycleswap

Contested deletion
Dear committee,

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because it concerns a subject that has been widely discussed in Dutch media. This Wikipedia page is significant to Dutch people and foreigners who require accurate and complete information on the subject. Below you will find a list of major Dutch media that have featured Cycleswap:

NOS - The Netherlands' national news channel. http://nos.nl/artikel/2022610-nieuwste-tak-deeleconomie-verhuur-je-fiets.html

De Volkskrant - European Newspaper of the year 2014. http://www.volkskrant.nl/economie/de-fiets-als-algemeen-goed~a3884088/

Trouw - A Dutch newspaper at the national level. http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4492/Nederland/article/detail/3883659/2015/03/04/Cycleswap-een-soort-UberPOP-voor-fietsen.dhtml

Telegraaf - A Dutch newspaper at the national level. http://www.telegraaf.nl/tv/opmerkelijk/23758646/__Fiets_delen_voor_extra_zakcentje__.html

Algemeen Dagblad - A Dutch newspaper at the national level - http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1041/Amsterdam/article/detail/3841193/2015/01/30/Snel-online-een-fiets-huren-in-Amsterdam-via-Cycleswap.dhtml

NU.nl - The most visited news site in the Netherlands - http://www.nu.nl/gadgets/3992279/podcast-ritje-in-zelfrijdende-truck-en-nut-van-gebogen-tvs.html

Het Parool - Amsterdam's main newspaper. http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/4/AMSTERDAM/article/detail/3841053/2015/01/30/Amsterdamse-student-bedenkt-Airbnb-voor-fietsen.dhtml

AT5 - Amsterdam's main news broadcast channel. http://www.at5.nl/artikelen/139661/makkelijk_een_fiets_gevonden_via_nieuwe_app

Besides these media, the concept has been widely discussed by smaller newspapers and online media.

I hope you will reconsider your decision of speedily deletion.


 * I've removed the speedy tag. It might be a bit too soon to have an article, but having enjoyed cycling round Leiden I can well believe this, and as you say it is covered in Dutch news sources. can hopefully help dig through Dutch sources. Ritchie333 (talk)  (cont)  15:31, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * User:Ritchie333, I read about this too, in Trouw I think; it probably is too soon, but there certainly is some hype. Perhaps someone can make a nice infobox to give the article more credibility. Drmies (talk) 15:34, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Infoboxes are like shelving - I make a mistake with one of the brackets and the whole thing goes a bit wonky. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  16:11, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Proposed Merger
Hi all, I have updated the article to reflect that the service has been defunct since 2016 (!), along with some minor edits. Since there was already consensus back in 2015 that this article was too soon, I think the page should probably be deleted. However, since there was already a rejected deletion proposal it will be easier for the article to be merged with Spinlister and turned into a very small section. I believe there is precedent for this type of change.

I have proposed the merger here rather than on the proposed destination article against usual guidelines since a) there is already some discussion here and b) the primary reason for the merger would be to remove this page. SageMint (talk) 02:03, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Agree that this uncontentious and a better alternative to deletion, so ✅ Klbrain (talk) 17:08, 21 August 2021 (UTC)