Talk:Family Resources Survey

Suggested merge
The result was no consensus. Actually the article has been redirected in the meantime. --B. Wolterding 19:30, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

I have to disagree with the merge. This is one of the largest and most significant surveys in the UK, used by many other entities than the DWP. It would be out of place in the DWP article, and there is plenty more to be written about it. -- zzuuzz (talk) 02:33, 29 October 2006 (UTC)


 * reply I suggested the merge. If the article is to be kept, it should be GREATLY expanded.  A 2-sentance article is more appropriate as a 2-sentance section of the parent article, in this case the DWP.  I still don;t understand why the DWP article couldn't have a section titled "Surveys used by DWP" that would list all surveys each with a 2-sentance description.  Expand the article considerably, with references, or it should be merged as suggested.  --Jayron32 01:46, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge. In view of the fact that the article has not been expanded since October (more than half a year now), I think it would be best to merge it to a section in DWP article. Of course it can always be moved back to a separate article if someone does want to expand it. --B. Wolterding 15:52, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * reply I disagree with the merge. Merging this article with the DWP article will achieve very little. The subject of the article is broad enough to merit its own wikipedia article. The fact the article does not cover the broadness of the subject, does not mean the article should not exist. It's just a stub. Stubs are acceptable on wikipedia because stubs encourage subjects to be expanded, and there is a great need for information about social surveys (like the subject of this article) to be expanded. Supposed

I think if there's no consensus the article should stay Supposed 00:14, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it can and should stay if it's expanded even a little, if someone gets around to writing a few good paragraphs. A merger to an article about a government department was never going to be a good idea. -- zzuuzz (talk) 01:24, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * As you like. I only stated that there was no consensus to merge; I did not change the article or place the redirect. If you want to expand it, just go ahead. --B. Wolterding 09:38, 4 July 2007 (UTC)