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Malaysia Day

Hi Aleain, after your work on Malaysia Day, do you think it has enough sources to be added to Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 16? There is only one obviously unsourced paragraph, but you may have a clearer picture. CMD (talk) 03:52, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi CMD, thanks for your feedback. I think it's well referenced enough for inclusion, though I've added a few more sources for good measure. I've hidden some parts for now where I could not find solid references, especially the bit about supposed advocates preferring to mark Hari Merdeka on 31 August instead of Hari Malaysia on 16 September on the grounds that Malaya and Malaysia were the same country. Almost all of the Malaysian sources I have come across discuss the differences, but very few mention West Malaysians favouring one date over the other. The stronger voices tend to come from East Malaysians who want Hari Malaysia to be given more prominence. Aside from that, the article looks fine. Aleain (talk) 07:23, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Makes sense, can always readd items if sourcing is found. I've restored the article to the September 16 OTD. CMD (talk) 07:42, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification on COI tagging on ST Engineering

Hi! just to clarify on your COI tagging on ST Engineering, I am not in the position of interest conflict given that I am not an employee, nor the company is my client in any form. The expansion of the article is solely out of my interest in information sourcing out of my free time. as for flagging of promotional content, by all means and feel free to neutralise it where you see fit. Cheers! :) JohnLim99 (talk) 10:06, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, on second thought I do believe you are not affiliated with ST Engineering. That said, the article still comes across as rather advertorial in tone and relies quite a bit on primary sources, with many of the citations being directly linked to stengg.com. Aleain (talk) 16:04, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speed Limits on Singapore MRT

Hi, I have noticed you have specified the design speed limit as the operating speed which is inaccurate as per Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) and numerous sources that can be found online such as SGTrains or the individual train model wiki pages. Please provide your sources if you believe your edits are accurate. 39.109.214.95 (talk) 21:45, 27 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

SGTrains is not a reliable source and you shouldn't cite Wikipedia on Wikipedia. Aleain (talk) 08:49, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Noted! I have found reliable sources for the maximum operating speed for the North South, East West and Circle Lines but not the others. In the meantime I have removed the speeds for the other lines as there are no sources backing your edits either. Cheers! 39.109.214.95 (talk) 09:35, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Definition of 'resident'

Hi there, You said that for consistency, it's best to use the local term. However the result of this is that any non-Singaporean reading this page will understand it to claim that 19% of people living in Singapore are Christians. That is the standard English meaning of the phrase; no non-Singaporean would guess that DOS has redefined the word 'resident' to mean only the 2/3 of the population who have citizenship or PR.

I'm also not at all sure you can say this definition is the 'local' meaning, rather than just the meaning adopted by certain ministries. For example, among other things, the automated immigration gates when entering the country use the word 'resident' to apply to everyone who lives in Singapore, including people on LTVPs.

In any case, this is the English version of Wikipedia, and allowing every country's bureaucrats to redefine whatever words they like without even explaining this to readers would lead to a highly misleading mess of content.

In short, I suggest we use the word 'resident' to mean 'resident', and if you want to talk about people's visa statuses, just say that instead. Paticcasamuppada (talk) 12:36, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, your edits were not incorrect, but making that change would mean applying the same changes across many other related articles as well. In the local context, the term "resident" is used broadly for matters concerning race and religion, not just Christianity. Aleain (talk) 14:16, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In that case I would suggest applying the same changes across any other articles that contain the same error. Because that is what this is: A mistaken usage of English, based on a politicised vocabulary formulated by bureaucrats with the intention of excluding 1/3 of the population from official statistics. Either Wikipedia uses correct English, or it does not; but at a minimum, if articles are going to adopt incorrect usage, they should all contain an explanatory note for readers who are not familiar with that usage.

I'd be happy to make the same change to any other Singapore-related articles that contain this error. Paticcasamuppada (talk) 15:06, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I have added a note accordingly on Religion in Singapore as well as on the articles of each individual religion. Aleain (talk) 20:27, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I've been reading your contributions page; thanks for all the anti-vandalism against TAs you've done

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Also, Bukit Panjang station is definitely the best place to eat grilled chicken; it's not like we have fines for eating and drinking on public transport Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 15:36, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, my friend! To be fair to the vandal, there's a 7-Eleven located within the station where you could indeed get a grilled chicken. Aleain (talk) 05:17, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Time to get fined :D Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 05:18, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why do I feel like 220.255.60.227, on political pages, has had a pattern of violating consensus, being reverted, and falsely creating "consensus" to standardise something? Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 06:20, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On merging STARiS to Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)

I came across the latter while editing Alstom Metropolis C830C (I stalked your contribs), and saw the big purple merge tag at the top of the article

It was recommended to be merged to the MRT article, or more specifically, the "Rolling stock and signalling" section, according to the only person to vote keep at the AfD

The thing is, I checked the entire section... signalling cannot one, depots cannot one

How about the rolling stock subsection?

{{Main|List of Singapore MRT and LRT rolling stock#Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) rolling stock}} (nice)

And then the main article is like, "here's a list"

At this point, I believe that STARiS fails notability and should be deleted

If someone can prove that the system does meet notability, I'm happy to retain it as a separate article (I don't see any way to merge it to any other article without absurdity)

Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 12:40, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(yes, I'm still topic-banned from administrative stuff, so if there's an AfD 2, I won't be there) Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 12:44, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Honestly, after a quick look through the SMRT Active Route Map Information System article once again, it seems like the whole page could simply be turned into a redirect to Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) without losing any meaningful information. Nearly all of the content appears to be original research written by train enthusiasts and even the parts that are cited rely on YouTube videos and a dead Instagram post.

There is only one citation on the article from The Straits Times which is now archived because the original link was deleted by ST. I feel that the concept of STARiS as a whole is trivial and does not need to be mentioned at all, since LCD displays are hardly unique to Singapore's MRT. Also, I personally find STARiS 2.0 pretty ugly and I am quite relieved that it was not installed on the newer trains... Aleain (talk) 13:05, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Also, I personally find STARiS 2.0 pretty ugly and I am quite relieved that it was not installed on the newer trains"

Idk lol

I have to agree tho, an LCD is no cause for nationalism

Edit: boldly redirected both STARiSSTARiS and SMRT Active Route Map Information SystemSMRT Active Route Map Information System to Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) (diffs: STARiS; SMRT Active...)

Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 01:54, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you! Aleain (talk) 09:15, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey!!! Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 06:46, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]