Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Somapah Bus Terminal


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The result was Merge to List of former bus stations in Singapore. —Quarl (talk) 2007-02-11 00:24Z 

Somapah Bus Terminal

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Are bus terminus encyclopedic? This is defunct, closed 1989. mandel 14:02, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep-ish but only by apparent precendent. Bus terminals seem to have their own articles quite frequently.  Defunct bus terminals is somewhat pushing it though. i kan reed 20:31, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong delete. Not even remotely notable.  Edeans 06:20, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment. As a rule, a bus terminal is a pretty big building and far more fixed than a regular bus stop. I would place the notability of such subjects on par with that of a train station. If any sources were cited I could easily say keep, but without them I can't. I cannot see that it is that easy to find sources either. Sjakkalle (Check!)  07:18, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, this is a very small shed/end-point for just two bus services. Also, as mentioned, it's hard to verify a 17-year defunct bus 'terminus'. mandel 15:30, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Additional point - what is the practical point of keeping info on a defunct bus terminus？ Other than nostalgia？ mandel 15:30, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, I'll admit that I know of only a few bus terminals, and they are major transportation hubs with as many passengers as a large railway station. (For the record, I am thinking about the central bus terminals in Bergen, Norway and Oslo) I am not too disturbed about things being "defunct", because that does not change the notability. A person notable enough for a biography does not become less notable after his/her death, and by the same token a bus terminal does not become less notable after its closure either. However, I will grant you that a small shed for two bus routes is pretty much a regular bus stop, and not the large type of bus station that I had envisioned, so I will say delete on this now. Sjakkalle  (Check!)  15:54, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, found a link, probably could merge with List of former bus stations in Singapore. mandel 16:16, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete does not satisfy WP:N. Edison 15:57, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Defunct has no bearing on the notability, per WP:N. I might add a smidgen of WP:BIAS (for the opposite effect of WP:RECENT) as well. Neier 07:44, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Either Keep or Merge into List of former bus stations in Singapore. This topic has been argued before.--Huaiwei 14:56, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep or merge. Wikipedia should be "timeless", without a preference to current events. --NE2 20:26, 9 February 2007 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.