Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walk button

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 merge to Pedestrian crossing. Wifione ^Message 04:46, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Walk button

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This article is entirely superfluous to pedestrian crossing and pelican crossing, and is purely an undesirable content fork. There is nothing in this article that is not covered elsewhere. The button is not a particularly significant component of the crossing, nor is it a particularly significant example of a push-button, so there is no reason for it to be covered independently. Redirect to pedestrian crossing was contested, but even a redirect is questionable: the article itself contends that the button is called a 'crossing button' or an 'intersection crossing button' (and only colloquially as a 'walk button'); as far as I can determine, more common colloquialisms are 'crosswalk button' or 'stop button' - and none of these are anyway shown to be notable colloquialisms. Delete RichardOSmith (talk) 19:14, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Or merge with pedestrian crossing. Nwlaw63 (talk) 20:43, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:26, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:46, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:52, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to pedestrian crossing.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 04:54, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Merge / redirect to Pedestrian crossing. People might still search for the common (in the US) phrase "Walk button" so I would strongly prefer a redirect over a delete. --Ritchie333 (talk) 13:25, 30 January 2012 (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.