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Eunos MRT station

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... that a train station in Singapore repeatedly had issues with the design of its stairs?

Source: https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newpaper19960210-1.2.14?qt=%22jalan%20eunos%22,%20station,%20mrt&q=%22jalan%20Eunos%22%22station%22%22mrt%22, https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/today20060829-1.1.21

ALT1: ... that Eunos MRT station was one of the stations affected by the first joint-venture split of the MRT project? Source: https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19870205-1.2.8?qt=okumura,%20%22oh%20teck%22&q=%22okumura%22%22oh%20teck%22
ALT2: ... that a train station in Singapore has a mural that depicts the composer of Singapore's national anthem? Source: https://www.smrt.com.sg/getmedia/61ad3365-6251-4f7c-ba55-dc2578529efb/18-eunos.pdf
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Comment: For ALT1, there are other instances of a station being affected by a joint venture split (see Tan Kah Kee MRT station). The main hook might not be interesting since it's focusing on the stairs but there were other design issues as well.

Improved to Good Article status by Icepinner (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 11:25, 7 January 2025 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Article is new enough (GA on January 7, 2025) and long enough (6871 characters). It is adequately sourced, neutral, and free of copyright violations (Earwig returns 2.0%). All the hooks are cited, and reasonably interesting. ALT0 could have been made more interesting if there was mention of the "stairs that led to nowhere", but "repeated issues with the stairs" is still interesting enough, at least for a DYK. No QPQ is required. AmateurHi$torian (talk) 20:07, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

@AmateurHi$torian: now that you mentioned it, do you think that the hook should be changed to "...that a train station in Singapore has stairs that seemingly 'lead to nowhere?". I think "repeated issues with the stairs" isn't that interesting compared to the above one (though I don't know if it's still there or not). Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 01:46, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

@Icepinner: "Has" would certainly be inaccurate without a source to confirm that those stairs still exist. Since the issue was reported in 2006, it's highly likely they don't. How about ALT3:"that a train station in Singapore was criticized for having stairs that seemingly 'lead to nowhere'?"? AmateurHi$torian (talk) 09:58, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

@AmateurHi$torian: sounds good. Thank you! Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 13:41, 8 January 2025 (UTC)