Talk:Prostitution in Costa Rica

Merger Discussion
Formal request has been received to merge: Sex tourism in Costa Rica into Prostitution in Costa Rica; dated: March 2017. Proposer's Rationale: its about the same subject.. Discuss here. GenQuest "Talk to Me" 16:38, 25 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Oppose, not opposed to merging, just merging under this rationale. These are not the same subject. Not all the punters in Costa Rica are tourists. Prostitution is a wider subject. If you think that sex tourism in CR doesn't warrant its own article, that's a different discussion (one that I'm not sure I'd agree with either). Hope I'm not being too pedantic. —  A L T E R C A R I  ✍ 11:40, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Support No, they are not the same subject, but they are closely enough related and have similar material, so sex tourism would fit well as a section of the prostitution article. No need to split content when they can be covered in one comprehensive article, even if some components are more tangential. Reywas92Talk 00:32, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Support I believe that the subjects are similar in nature. 16:53, 18 August 2017 (UTC)Dwanyewest (talk)
 * Support The two subjects are not synonymous. However, it appears from the content of the Sex tourism in Costa Rica page that the article is essentially a subset of the material that a Prostitution in Costa Rica article should contain. There should be no difficulty with the content of the two articles being combined under a Prostitution in Costa Rica title. Another possibility, that Sex tourism in Costa Rica could be part of the Sex tourism article, does not seem consistent with the fact that the Sex tourism article is not divided into national sections. The Sex tourism in Costa Rica article is sufficiently large that it could unduly distort the Sex tourism article. The third possibility, that the Sex tourism in Costa Rica article remain as it is, is not consistent with the precedent of article naming. The only other "Sex tourism in..." page is Sex tourism in Philippines which redirects to Prostitution in the Philippines. There is a Sex tourism to Thailand page, but that redirects to Prostitution in Thailand. Hence by a process of elimination the proposed merger seems the best option. - Polly Tunnel (talk) 17:05, 18 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Support Both articles have a large overlap of content so merging and rationalising the content would make sense to me --John B123 (talk) 23:33, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

Post-merger cleanup
I have performed the above merger as a full-content paste merger because the new material seems both relevant and complementary. There may now be some opportunity for rationalisation and re-organisation of the article, but it is not obvious to me how to do so. For instance, does the AIDS content belong in the main article or the "Sex tourism" section? If anyone else wishes to help with the post-merger cleanup, please feel free to do so. - Polly Tunnel (talk) 12:11, 12 April 2018 (UTC)


 * I've made a few changes to clean things up a bit John B123 (talk) 18:34, 12 April 2018 (UTC)