Talk:Waterloo Central Railway

Merge
I just discovered both this article, and the one for Waterloo – St. Jacobs Railway. Seeing as the latter organization is a precursor of this one, and the historical information for both is similar, they really ought to be merged. Echoedmyron (talk) 22:33, 30 July 2012 (UTC)


 * The way I see it two separate organizations merit two separate articles. There is zero advantage to a merge, and several disadvantages.


 * Merging articles on separate, yet related topics, in one super-article is bad for the project, as it erodes the usefulness of watchlists. When articles remain distinct people can choose to place one, or the other article on their watchlists.  However, following a merge anyone who is interested in just one topic, and not the other, will get too many false positives showing up on their watchlists -- edits to the topic they aren't interested in.


 * Can you name even one advantage to justify this merge? Remember the wikipedia is not paper.  It is easier for a reader to go to the other topic by clicking on the link the other distinct article, than it would be for them to scroll around within a super-omnibus article if we choose to agree to the merge you proposed.  Geo Swan (talk) 22:50, 3 October 2012 (UTC)