Talk:Drury railway station

Merger proposal
I propose merging this article with Drury railway station (future), adopting the name Drury railway station. I'm not too familiar with the current electrification project, but if these two stations have the same name and are on the same site/location (or relatively nearby), then these articles should be merged. For example, in Melbourne, all new rebuilt stations' info get added to the existing article, not a new one (see Level Crossing Removal Project for more info, or an example at Noble Park railway station). Fork99 (talk) 02:11, 4 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Agree. There was no explanation for renaming the article last September.
 * Johnragla (talk) 02:48, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Pinging recently involved and/or substantial editors. Fork99 (talk) 04:06, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Not sure what my involvement was but the merger makes sense. I thus support the proposal.  Schwede 66  04:10, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure about this one. While I agree that stations that have been in relatively continuous use should be merged, there's 50 years between the two Drury stations. There's not a lot of continuity between their histories, their intended use, or even their locations. --Prosperosity (talk) 04:43, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment: Rotokauri railway station has information on the station that opened in 2021 and the one that closed in 1971 in the same article. The station location for Rotokauri has also changed slightly over time, but in this case, the new Drury and new Rotokauri are on the same physical railway line as its respective historic station and aren't drastically far apart. You will find examples of similar station articles in Australia and elsewhere too. Fork99 (talk) 05:11, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Also, if anything, if the merge doesn't go ahead, I will move Drury railway station (future) to Drury railway station per WP:COMMONNAME. There's no need for the disambiguation. Most readers would want to know about the current station, and on the off chance they want to know about the disused station (if the article is still separate), then a simple disambiguation from the current station's article would suffice. Fork99 (talk) 05:30, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the multiple replies, but also, I think in this case, Paerata railway station and Paerātā railway station should be merged as well, keeping the macrons as per the current name. I've found that the historic and modern station sites for Mernda railway station and South Morang railway station (both in Melbourne) are about 1 to 2 km apart from each other, but the historic and current stations are in one article. Fork99 (talk) 05:51, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Pinging more recently involved/active editors at Drury and/or Paerata articles. Note also added link to this discussion from New Zealand Wikipedians' notice board. Fork99 (talk) 06:17, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Not sure what my involvement was but the merger makes sense. I thus support the proposal, like Schwede66. —Anomalocaris (talk) 06:26, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Proposal seems reasonable to me, too, (i.e., support) but if "recently involved/active editors" means someone who added a stub template to one of the articles six years ago (almost to the day!), then you may need to refine your definition! Grutness... wha?   09:22, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Agree --LJ Holden 11:07, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
 * If no further objections are made, I will go ahead with the merges from about a week’s time from the time of proposal. Fork99 (talk) 23:15, 4 June 2023 (UTC)