Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Changi Airport Skytrain

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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 keep. Majorly 20:31, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Changi Airport Skytrain

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An article about the meta-transportation system at an airport. Reeks of non-notability, and although formatted correctly does not warrant its own article. ~ Flameviper 14:07, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

It was the first auto-guided system in Asia.[1] --Oakshade 22:22, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, obviously. --Vsion 14:56, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete for obvious notability reasons. It runs from terminal 1 to terminal 2 and back, and, in 2008, it'll run to terminal 3. There are also verifiability issues, and the info is all in the Singapore Changi Airport article already. I don't think a redirect would be necessary because I can't imagine that many people searching for the airport skytrain. Ultra-Loser [ T ] [ C ] 15:12, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, Singapore Changi Airport already covers this information. Venicemenace 18:35, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep or merge with Singapore Changi Airport. This is a transportation system which transports thousands of people every day. A system like that is clearly worthy of mention, at least in the airport article (in which case merge and redirect is by far preferable to outright deletion) On whether this should have a separate article or not, I think that either option is fine, though I will mention that AirTrain JFK shows that a substantive and reasonably long article can be written on a subject like this. Sjakkalle (Check!) 08:17, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge to Singapore Changi Airport per Sjakkalle above. I'm not sure if this article has enough detail or need to stand on its own. (Though I do think it's cool that the airport also has its own gym and swimming pool.) --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 20:37, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per Sjakkalle. The article doesn't reek of non-notability to me, but then I have the smell filter disabled on my computer. Since when was that a deletion criteria anyway? The article is both verifiable and verified. Mackensen (talk) 20:43, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep; this is not only part of the airport but also a rail line, and benefits from being able to be categorized as both. Local newspaper articles will cover it in detail. Here's a starter (not local): "Transit passengers at Singapore's Changi Airport are getting a faster ride to connecting flights on a new People Mover train system, the airport authority confirmed Thursday. The 83-million US dollar system began operating last week to ferry travellers between the main Terminals 1 and 2, The Straits Times said." --NE2 21:01, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Well referenced and major intermodel rail project used by millions of people. Also keep per NE2's additional references. --Oakshade 22:30, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Additional Comment - As far as merging goes, there appears to be too much subject-specific information to be merged to the Singapore Changi Airport article. That article is already very long as it is so this content should be kept here. --Oakshade 23:19, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge or Delete. This is a inter terminal people mover if I'm reading the article correctly. These are all over airports around the world. I am not convinced that this is in any way notable. The Denver airport has (had?) air driven art in the tunnels, so should this service get an article? What about all of the other automated inter airport lines around the world? Are any of them notable for their own article? Can any of these pass WP:LOCAL? Vegaswikian 07:37, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per Ultra-Loser. *drew 06:12, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete as it only shuttles between the airport, and does not connect to any other system. Calwatch 10:06, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment the article clearly states that the shuttle also connects to Singapores railway system.Arsenikk 18:05, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep A rail line's "connectivity" to other travel systems can hardly be a factor for deletion consideration. The article is well-referenced, and is a notable system in a notable airport.--Huaiwei 15:16, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - there's too much here to merge it, and it's all perfectly notable, to my mind. And to answer earlier questions, yes, I'd be happy to have similar articles on other airport systems. --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 15:21, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep the article is notable, verified and meets none of the criteria in WP:NOT. Including it in Changi Airport article would just clutter the airport article and make it difficult to navigate to in connection with other articles related to intra-airport transit systems. There is lots of potential to write more on the topic. Arsenikk 18:05, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, notable people mover system and its referenced, such a thing can become a better article. Its not possible to merge it, if JFK's people mover has an article on its own, why not SIN? The Skytrain is used by both travellers and locals visiting the airport occasionally. Terence Ong 14:56, 18 January 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.