Talk:Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CSR Qingdao Sifang C151A

Conspiracy theory
Please do not remove the conspiracy theory and whistle blowing section as the issue was spreading via social media.

The incident would not have made public had the HK-based FactWire broke the news when there was no inital response by the relevant authorities then. Sam 06:04, 7 July 2016 (UTC)ussr_1991

This edit is heavily plagiarized and also copied the exact Q & A paragraph and pasted it into table form. This violates WP:COPYPASTE and should be reverted. Also, sources are one-sided as all of them are writen in China, with no other source to back-up, hence making it unreliable. 33ryantan (talk) 09:04, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

I have no dispute with the plagiarized part due to clear copy and paste from the Hong Kong source FactWire, if you insist that this is considered as a violation of WP:COPYPASTE without exception.

But the table form that I created contains the replies from the Singapore authorities, namely LTA, SMRT and the government's FAQ portal Factually. Therefore, the claim by 33ryantan of 'sources are one-sided as all of them are written in China, with no other source to back-up, hence making it unreliable.' is totally false. Hence, I will take a look how to explain the FactWire source and the initial press release from both SMRT and LTA as well as Factually Q&A quotes without copy pasting.

Due to the issue is a matter of public interest, hence I insist that the issue should be presented in a table form to compare against the claims from multiple sources. The original text in the paragraph form might be little biased towards Singapore government because the wording did not mentioned that FactWire first broke the news before the SMRT and LTA responded it except the last sub-paragraph.

As for the whistle-blowing part from China, it is just one of them. The reliability of such source is indeed questionable, but there are also other local source giving unverified rumors as well which I did not put on this article then. For a start, this is another source of whistle-blowing other than the China one:

http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?232427-The-inside-on-LTA-Train-Debacle-Cover-up

Given that Wikipedia has articles that allowed quotation of leaks / unverified rumors from Wikileaks, including one on BM25 Musudan with alleged claims of Iranians possessing a North Korean missile without reliable evidence other than what US diplomats says, therefore unverified rumors from whistle-blowing sources should not be considered as unreliable source qualified for speedy removal.

Sam 14:34, 7 July 2016 (UTC) ussr_1991

Hi, the recent change in this page are as follows:

1) An anonymous user (115.66.47.32) had changed the original text The authorities eventually admitted some flaws in the battery housing design, but did not acknowledge if the batteries and its suppliers were replaced or not. into The authorities eventually admitted some flaws in the battery housing design, and acknowledge that the batteries were replaced..

However, source from SMRT, LTA and Factually (Government official online FAQ portal) did NOT name the origin of the batteries involved both before and after the issue was rectified. Therefore, there is some inaccuracies by lumping the authorities response of battery issue as design flaw into flawed batteries were replaced.

2) Added original claim from FactWire about the 4 month long process to fix a single C151A train with some elaboration of the entire process. Initial response from the authorities did not comment on it until Factually acknowledge the process is indeed about 4 months per C151A train.

3) Added original claim from FactWire that at least 5 trains has replaced since 2015. LTA confirmed this ONLY one day after the initial press release with no mention on it @ Factually. See #Aftermath for more details.

Sam 17:20, 8 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Do you have a secondary source for the actual contents of rumour 2? If secondary sources does not exist, then that whole section has to go. The notes already stated this particular allegation is baseless or/and conspiracy theory, and so there is no editorial reason to keep it. - Mailer Diablo 06:22, 9 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi Mailer diablo, I am the one who linked the entire rumor section. I am also the one who made a separate note about the allegation *Might be*, instead of *IS A* baseless and / or conspiracy theory. Furthermore, given the Wikipedia article List_of_conspiracy_theories exists, I really see editorial reason to keep it as the authorities from Singapore was not forthcoming until the issue was blown up by FactWire. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.147.72.130 (talk) 15:57, 9 July 2016 (UTC)  Sam 15:59, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
 * No original research. If another news agency or secondary source doesn't cover it, chances are it doesn't meet the threshold for inclusion. - Mailer Diablo 06:43, 10 July 2016 (UTC)


 * What is this a conspiracy theory page? I think this section is too focused on conspiracy theories as opposed to the train itself. You might as well make a page called "Conspiracies about the C151A" and see if wiki allows you to keep it there. The info is quite biased with forums and its just based on USSR 1991's opinion. "This story did not gain as much traction as the previous did, because none of the major mainstream nor alternative media reported it unlike the previous one." Is this sourced? No. You might as well focus on the Soviet Union pages as your style of editing is very propaganda-ish. 33ryantan (talk) 16:40, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

Ok, I agree that the writing style to question the credibility of the 2nd rumor is opinionated and hence inappropriate. I have changed the writing style for this part but the purpose for the Aftermath & Rumors part are to highlight the debacle did not stop after Factually response made online. I would certainly agree that if the entire part below the "List of alleged flaws on C151A" is shifted to another article so as to avoid shifting the focus as well of this article's original intent. Sam 03:15, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

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Clean-up"Operational Issues" section to meet Wiki Standards
Hi I can see the enthusiasm to list out all the possible information abt the operational issue of the train sets.

But however this may just cause many users to go confused going around the circle, or misleading readers to unintended assumptions.

Can the editors help to reorganise it in reader friendly paragraphs that gives an overview of each situation? Lyg 2001 (talk) 09:58, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

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Also do kindly note that FORUMS AND ASSUMPTIONS are strictly NOT considered as reliable sources under the Wikipdia guidelines.Lyg 2001 (talk) 10:03, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

''' Transfer from article. PLEASE RESOLVE reliability and ensure following Wiki standards before inserting it into article again, or permanently remove if irrelevant and proven assumption. '''Lyg 2001 (talk) 10:18, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

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Hi Lyg 2001, the table above is well sourced from the government & train manufacturer refutation on a online rumor that has gone viral within 1 or 2 day. It is not an assumption, or merely a rumor that not worth a mention unlike the other one which was not shown above. Sam 14:38, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

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Operational problems
The entire section is too ridiculously long, and filled with original research, allegations and anonymous whistle blowers. What's worst, the government's Factually website has take down its page and no one managed to archive it. Would anyone have an alternate source Factually is still live? Otherwise, a lot of it will have to go.

I have sent an email to Factually to restore the content, but I don't think they will. Seloloving (talk) 08:31, 20 March 2021 (UTC)