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Merge, non-notable

Merge Minor ferry wharves in Sydney are insubstantial on a structural level, largely inconsequential to the public transport network as a whole (ferries account of 0.2% of commuter journeys in Sydney). Most importantly, very little information is provided in this article. It is far from clear that more content is forthcoming, the author having exhausted the material available from the ferry company itself. The level of detail shown in this stub can (and is) easily accommodated into the article covering all Inner Harbour ferry services, Sydney. I would suggest that only wharves meeting the primary criterion for notability (multiple publication) be given their own article. Merging the Inner Harbour wharf articles would not lead to a loss of information from Wikipedia. Joestella 15:00, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't really see the need for this. I found the Meadowbank article quite interesting as it stands, so clearly articles can be written. It also looks like no effort has been made to look at offline sources, which (though this is not my area) would be likely to exist in the form of local histories, departmental papers and reports, newspaper articles and such. Rebecca 05:16, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Meadowbank is not part of this merge proposal. One ferry wharf's notability does not speak to the notability of all ferry wharves. Joestella 05:25, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You can't have one and not the rest. They should all stay. The reason that you won't lose information is because they aren't finished yet, as I haven't had time to finish them off. Your constant merging and changing, Joe, is not helping. JROBBO 10:37, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Once again, JROBBO is right on the money. Rebecca 00:50, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"You can't have one and not the rest. They should all stay." So I guess, since my friends are all people, and Wikipedia has articles on people, I can start articles on them..? JROBBO and Rebecca - I simply can't fathom your antipathy towards any sort of notability standards on Wikipedia. Notability helps to direct our efforts with the interests of readers in mind; it also bolsters Wikipedia's credibility, making our efforts worthwhile. There are good technical grounds for a notability standard as well.

I can see I was wrong about the notability of McMahons Point ferry wharf, Sydney. McMahons Point, not Milsons Point as I had thought, was once part of the main north-south link in Sydney. For a guide to how to respond to this sort of challenge without the hysterics, see how I used the AfD nomination for 100 series bus routes, Sydney as a catalyst to add content, not attack the nominator. Joestella 02:20, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]