Talk:First City Hall (Ottawa)

Merger proposal

If I understand correctly, the building was constructed as West Ward Market Building (Ottawa) and then converted into First City Hall (Ottawa), then demolished. It's the same structure and should have one article, IMO. I'd suggesting merging and redirecting the market article to this one. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 03:33, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Do you have a source confirming they are the same building? --Padraic 19:19, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

The articles themselves.Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:58, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

...which have no sources, except for a broken link. --Padraic 20:04, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Correct. We have two unsourced articles, both apparently about the same building, one for its market phase and another for its town hall phase (apparently not uncommon, Bonsecours Market has played the same dual role). It would seem strange to me to preserve this duplication on the lack of sources, since that in itself is a basis for deleting, not retaining, an article. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:10, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I would merge the two articles, and then slap the merged article with an unreferenced tag. Padraic is absolutely correct in being cautious, given the lack of sources, but upon reflection, my opinion is that keeping two unsourced stubs is less desirable than the merge. The articles state that it was the same building. If after the merge it turns out that they were separate buildings, or perhaps there is a more complicated explanation that would perhaps warrant two separate articles, then we can split them. Skeezix1000 (talk) 15:47, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

• • Done. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 23:43, 31 March 2008 (UTC)