Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Buangkok MRT station/archive1

Buangkok MRT station

Featured article candidates/Buangkok MRT station/archive1

Nominator(s): ZKang123 (talk) 08:13, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So this is another MRT article! But what's more interesting here is that the station was closed for a while even when the line was opened (20 June 2003). The announcement to close the station was rather last minute and hence led to some discontentment among the few residents living in the area. There was some lobbying by residents, MPs and grassroots leaders to open the station, including a rare form of public protest by putting up "white elephant" cardboard cutouts when a minister visited the area. While the station was projected to open only in 2008 in tandem with housing developments, the government eventually relented and the station opened in January 2006. A curious little drama for the "white elephant" station. ZKang123 (talk) 08:13, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Limited comments by Nick-D

The material on the protests stands out for me, as it seems a bit under-developed. I have some comments:

The police response seems absurdly heavy handed. Google Scholar returns some references which seem to discuss this, including as an example of the limited opportunities Singaporeans have to protest
This scholarly book has some good discussion of the incident, noting that it was an example of the problems the Singapore government was experiencing at the time in terms of building the train line and (more significantly) responding to public concerns.
This academic article is also worth consulting and discusses the over-reaction to the protest. Nick-D (talk) 09:53, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Very interesting. Though the PAP book essentially covers what I managed to find (given it's published by SPH Holdings, which definitely would have access to the news articles I've cited about the incident). I try not to detract too much focus from the station subject, and commentary of the protests in nature is something that can be explored in another potential article (White Elephant saga, perhaps, as the PAP book calls it.) There's actually further context from another source (p56) on how the slump in housing development of the Singapore northeast was due to the 1997 financial crisis.

Just keeping an archive of a cited source from the 2nd journal page here. Not sure how to incorporate it, given the editor isn't really an authority on what determines a national political issue or not. I added a citation of what Chua Beng Huat remarked about the paranoia.--ZKang123 (talk) 11:42, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

750h

Will review. 750 h+ 13:20, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

lead

Located underneath Sengkang Central near the junction add a comma before "near"
The station will also serve Sengkang Grand Residencies – an upcoming integrated development, and a future bus interchange. remove the comma
Buangkok station is a designated Civil Defence shelter, and the two entrances of the station are enveloped by white Teflon sheets.. Id split these two sentences, like something like "Buangkok station is a designated Civil Defence shelter. The two entrances of the station are enveloped by white Teflon sheets."

history

The North East Line (NEL) project, which was first proposed in 1984,[1] received government approval in January 1996. ==> "The North East Line (NEL) project, first proposed in 1984,[1] received government approval in January 1996."
for redevelopment into an important new town. ==> "for redevelopment into a new town."
Just days before the opening of the NEL, on 17 June 2003, operator ==> "On 17 June 2003, just days before the opening of the NEL, operator"
along with the other stations, due to the lack remove the comma
open the following January, after SBS Transit remove the comma
required for them to sell the shirts, while also warning the organisers remove the comma
still traveled to the adjacent change "traveled" to "travelled", as in Singaporean English (i think)

details

The station is designed by Altoon + Porter Architects and 3HP Architects. change "is" to "was"; unless they're still designing the station

artwork

Leow drew parallels to the little dots and pixels of TV and computer images which blur out certain images add a comma before "which"

That's all I got, nice work. 750 h+ 13:35, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]