Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smart Nation


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was no consensus. Michig (talk) 11:10, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Smart Nation

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I proposed a redirect to Smart city, which was reverted without much of a reason. Author thinks that one single article from a newspaper is enough to establish this as a topic; I disagree. (You'll find, in the Google hits, that this "smart nation" thing appears to be something of a PR event for Singapore.) Drmies (talk) 03:35, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:35, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

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 * Delete I don't see any evidence that this concept is currently notable. Delete without prejudice - should the term become more widespread and noteworthy in the future, the article can be recreated. PianoDan (talk) 15:45, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete or disambiguation. As the person who converted a long and unconvincing article to a redirect (having left notes on the Singapore article talk page and on key user's pages without response) and given that there is still no mention of this concept on the Singapore page etc, I would suggest delete, or possibly disambiguation if someone is motivated to create one given the Canadian instance. PeterEastern (talk) 05:13, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep – Earlier versions of this article were actually fairly interesting, for example, this one. I would be willing to keep it as long as it was properly sourced and renamed to something like "Smart Nation initiative", to make it clear that this is about Singapore. On Google many sources do exist, so it passes GNG. "Smart Nation" itself is just a buzzword that will be used to refer to any number of things. The interesting thing is what the ICT agency is Singapore is doing, rather than the name. – Margin1522 (talk) 19:37, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 05:31, 30 December 2014 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Keep Topic appears to be notable; I've added another ref. Merge with Smart city or Intelligent Nation 2015 may still be a good idea but can be worked out on article talk pages not here at AfD. ~KvnG 02:04, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
 * My recommendation following the conversation would be to Merge it with Intelligent Nation 2015, given the single location focus at present or to restore the earlier content for the article and rename as 'Smart Nation initiative'. Either way, lets make it clear that this it relates to Singapore only, and not to Smart Cities more generally. PeterEastern (talk) 08:26, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - The problem is the very first line, which makes this out to be anything but a specific initiative in Singapore (it apparently has a government office of the same name now), which indeed seems notable: CNBC, Business Times, Today Online, Today Online, Channel NewsAsia, Straits Times, Cnet, Zdnet, Futuregov, Telecomtv, Venturebeat....these just in the first couple pages of ghits. --&mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 15:33, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
 * If this article only relates to Singapore, which seems to be the consensus, then I suggest it should be moved to 'Smart nation initiative' or merged into ' Intelligent Nation 2015' given that Canada is using the term for something else. See 'Johnston's call for a smart nation timely' and THE SMART NATION ACT: Public Intelligence in the Public Interest This article can then be a a disambiguation page to these different topics as appropriate. PeterEastern (talk) 12:30, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  B E C K Y S A Y L E S  08:00, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete This topic seems to only apply to infrastructure in Singapore -- why not create a section under []? Piboy51 (talk) 16:58, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
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