The result was no consensus. – Juliancolton | Talk 03:16, 4 December 2009 (UTC) reply
It's a pity so much time and effort has gone into such a non-notable local-issue article. Most of the references are from a free community newspaper - these are not generally considered reliable sources, and in New Zealand they have a tendency to take sides in local issues or wage campaigns. The major metropolitan newspaper, the NZ Herald, has only run two items on the dispute in 3½ years. The lack of reliable reportage makes it difficult to ensure NPOV, and it is notable that the sole contributor to this article is a single-purpose account. I detect a pro-library bias. dramatic ( talk) 20:03, 26 November 2009 (UTC) reply
Dramatic, i have spent a great deal of effort avoiding bias by sourcing everything written, from the council records and local paper. Just because the latter is free doesnt make it unreliable, and your claim that its a non-notable topic seems pokemonically absurd. Ditto your contrast between "local" and "major metropolitan" - in the age of the hyperlocal thats merely snobbery. So just exactly what have you detected??
As to merging.. well, I've just split it off from the Library article because that one was deemed too long.. OohAh ( talk) 23:53, 26 November 2009 (UTC) reply
Ok, merely following, i get that. This is not the place to get frustrated at policies that suggest there is a hierarchy of topics to be covered. i just dont think the world, or wp, is that simple, tidy, necessary or likely. i wrote in the spirit of wp. i could get pissed at 'pet project' sneering though - what on wp aint? Just to be clear: this article is not really new, its the sub-section from the original article, almost verbatim, and it was written about 2 years ago. I note that during its writing, and since, noone objected in this way. Hence my bemusement. Somehow what was acceptable as a subsection has become untenable as an article. Be that as it may, whatever. Fit it as per policy. I'm not too fussed about the work, that's long done. Good luck. OohAh ( talk) 00:37, 28 November 2009 (UTC) reply