Talk:Nekala

VFD Discussion
Merge to Tampere. This seems to be somebody's idea of a joke, or a bizarre attempt at spam by the "detective agency". Nekala is a suburban neighbourhood of Tampere, mostly known for its wooden houses and large allotment gardens; my grandparents owned one and I spent many an idyllic summer day there as a kid. One chunk of it does contain dodgy public housing full of alcoholics, but the stuff about people going around carrying knifes, defending their honor etc is just ridiculous -- and the reason the article should be deleted is that there's absolutely nothing for a tourist to see. (WT-en) jpatokal 06:10, 22 October 2011 (EDT)

Jpatokal; I think you are right and somewhat wrong at the same time. There is indeed no doubt that the article seems a bit ridiculous at its present state and the image it gives is very one-sided. However, I cannot find any actual errors or lies from article. From my personal and limited history in the late 90s I can say that at its worst, parts of Nekala where exactly as described in the article. I think the writer might just be familiar with a very small chunk of Nekala and therefore naively presents his experiences being true to the whole area. In my opinion, the article should be expanded to provide a more wholesome picture of Nekala. The mention about the detective agency seems indeed too much like an add.

I see no reason to delete the article just because the area is not interesting. Don't we all feel that way about the places we live in? Finnish neighbourhood might feel very exciting to someone from a different culture. For example, the lake Iidesjärvi is a very important natural scenery very close to the city centre. 88.192.177.6 14:42, 22 October 2011 (EDT) Viinikka Vanha Liitto


 * This is the wrong place to have this discussion, as no one is arguing for it to be deleted. The article should have the merge tag on top of it, and this discussion (about merging or not) should be relocated to the Talk page of that article. --(WT-en) globe-trotter 15:03, 22 October 2011 (EDT)


 * Keep for now.  As per (WT-en) globe-trotter.  Sure it probably needs merge and redirect.  I'd like to nominate (WT-en) jpatokal for the job, given his familiarity with the area.  --(WT-en) Inas 20:49, 4 December 2011 (EST)

Result: Merge tag added for Tampere. -- (WT-en) Ryan &bull; (talk) &bull; 15:27, 17 December 2011 (EST)


 * I will merge the relevant content into Tampere now. ϒpsilon (talk) 12:04, 13 June 2014 (UTC)