Talk:Fort Lytton National Park
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- Swept in from the pub
I created Fort Lytton National Park last night, which is a 0.13 km2 (0.050 sq mi) national* park in Brisbane. Our policy permits the creation of national and most state/provincial parks, but doesn't for small city parks, and Fort Lytton National Park falls into both categories. Would like other opinions. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 00:15, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
- I'd say merge the see and do section into Brisbane and redirect the page there as it seems to be a city park. For example Gateway Arch National Park is a redirect to St. Louis as its a city park despite holding national status. Tai123.123 (talk) 00:19, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
- Though we do have other articles that are city parks managed by the state government such as Malabar Headland National Park, Sydney Harbour National Park, Lane Cove National Park, or Belair National Park, but they are all in Australia. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 00:27, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
- I feel that fort lytton is different than the articles listed above as it seems more like a historic site than a natural area making it more like a city listing than a standalone park. additionally the other parks listed are big enough to have their own page while fort lytton only has three listings and could be a subsection of a city page. Tai123.123 (talk) 00:47, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
- The Malabar Headland is only 1.7 km2 (0.66 sq mi), and that also has nothing more than a walk and a lookout point though. But I do get your point though about the others being much larger. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 04:18, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
- It doesn't matter whether or not a park is formally designated as a "national park". If it's so large, complex, and/or remote as to be a destination of its own, then it likely makes sense for it to have its own article. If its size, attractions, and location are similar to a city park, it should be covered in a listing in a city article (or, rarely, a district article in the case of a particularly large and complex city park). It looks to me like Fort Lytton National Park should be covered in Brisbane. —Granger (talk · contribs) 10:20, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
- I think it isn't the status as national parks that make parks worth their own articles, but whether they are complex or different enough not to fit as a city Do or See listing of at most a few paragraphs, and whether they are large enough that many visitors would stay overnight (the sleep test). –LPfi (talk) 11:11, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
- It doesn't matter whether or not a park is formally designated as a "national park". If it's so large, complex, and/or remote as to be a destination of its own, then it likely makes sense for it to have its own article. If its size, attractions, and location are similar to a city park, it should be covered in a listing in a city article (or, rarely, a district article in the case of a particularly large and complex city park). It looks to me like Fort Lytton National Park should be covered in Brisbane. —Granger (talk · contribs) 10:20, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
- The Malabar Headland is only 1.7 km2 (0.66 sq mi), and that also has nothing more than a walk and a lookout point though. But I do get your point though about the others being much larger. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 04:18, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
- I feel that fort lytton is different than the articles listed above as it seems more like a historic site than a natural area making it more like a city listing than a standalone park. additionally the other parks listed are big enough to have their own page while fort lytton only has three listings and could be a subsection of a city page. Tai123.123 (talk) 00:47, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
- Though we do have other articles that are city parks managed by the state government such as Malabar Headland National Park, Sydney Harbour National Park, Lane Cove National Park, or Belair National Park, but they are all in Australia. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 00:27, 20 April 2022 (UTC)