Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Construction of the National Broadband Network

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. -- Cirt (talk) 04:58, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Construction of the National Broadband Network[edit]

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I listed this for deletion as there already is an article about the National Broadband Network itself where a section on its construction exists/ should exist. Any new content should simply be put there. --Rmarsden (talk) 13:20, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, the NBN will be the single largest infrastructure in Australia's history, of which the construction will last for at least 10 years. The text already in the article just scratches the surface on the construction so far, let alone in 10 years time. Keeping in mind the National Broadband Network article is just over 32k now, even without the expansion of the operation and network design sections are done, when more detailed plans about the network and pricing is known later this year. — [d'oh] 13:37, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What is the value of having one article about the NBN and one about the NBN construction separately? --Rmarsden (talk) 22:27, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:SUMMARY. — [d'oh] 23:38, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This article doesn't meet the notability criterion in said policy. Construction of the NBN is using stock standard methods.--Rmarsden (talk) 21:32, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge The article should be merged with the existing one. There is indeed no need to create a difference article about only the construction. It should not be deleted but its content should just be added to the existing one. CrossTempleJay talk 09:16, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with Merge--Rmarsden (talk) 09:28, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why can't the NBN have a spin-off article for just the construction? World Trade Center, a pipeline in Alaska and Mount Rushmore has one, why is the NBN excluded? — [d'oh] 10:35, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm undecided. Is there something special about the construction process of this project? If so keep, if not merge. Obviously the finished project will be remarkable. Steve Dufour (talk) 12:07, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, although FTTH networks have been rollout before, it has never been on this scale and not in a country with low population density. — [d'oh] 12:29, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm tending towards merge then since those will also be the remarkable aspects of the network as well as its construction. If there are new processes introduced in the construction then that would deserve an article, but if the process will only be different from other projects because of the scale then merge. Steve Dufour (talk) 16:55, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:27, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:28, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. National Broadband Network is already quite large and it will get larger as the NBN begins to be used more widely. Thus a spin-off article on its construction seems reasonable. --Bduke (Discussion) 01:27, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep This seems a perfectly viable topic for an article, and would be too much detail if merged into the NBN article Nick-D (talk) 02:23, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. As far as I can tell, d'oh is attempting to get the NBN article to FA, so I think we can agree he's doing this in a genuine attempt to help the reader's understanding of the NBN. This article has only been around for a few days, so give d'oh a chance to flesh it out some more. If in a few months or a year, you still don't think this is a suitable stand-alone topic, then take the article to WP:PM. Jenks24 (talk) 06:03, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge. Borderline fancruft and trivia collection; once you take the trivia out, the useful stuff can be merged. NBN Co Limited can be merged into the main article as well. Miracle Pen (talk) 10:25, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Perfectly valid spin-off about a topic on which there is more than enough material to sustain a separate article. --Mkativerata (talk) 11:00, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This seems a perfectly viable topic for an article, and the rollout of NBN is only going to get bigger and bigger. The article will end up having a section for each state, and spin off pages as it is a bit of a political football. --Whiteguru (talk) 12:55, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I suspect that over the next decade of construction there will be too much info for a single article. Given the huge task and the different facets (fibre, satellite, wireless) I think a dedicated article is warranted. --124.149.36.82 (talk) 07:51, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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.