Talk:Genetic engineering in New Zealand

Redirect

The article can be summed up in a paragraph and has not been expanded since 2009. Also New Zealand is not a major global player when it comes to Genetic Engineering. A redirect to a more comprehensive article seems more logical than letting this stagnate. If New Zealand changes it's policies and more can be added then it should be split out. AIRcorn (talk) 22:54, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

I don't agree with the redirect to Regulation of the release of genetic modified organisms since Genetic engineering in New Zealand is more than simply about regulation. The re has and still is opposition to growing GMO's in NZ. It is a notable topic unto itself given the widespread media coverage that it has received. I would love to expand the article since there is a lot more that can be added. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 23:08, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

At the moment this is a content fork bordering on a POV fork. This article only exists due to regional and editor bias, although the same could probably be said about most of the articles on here. A country that does not grow any GE crops is not notable enough to have a article split out in my opinion. Anyway I will see how you go on the expansion, here are some journal links that may be useful[1][2][3][4] if you can access them AIRcorn (talk) 23:45, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

We have had trials of GE crops but no commercial releases. The fact that we have not grown GE crops commercially is not a reason to redirect the article. There is heaps of info for the article. Like I have said, I was a huge issue with lots of column inches and a major protest in Queen Street. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 23:54, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Expand away then. I am trying to organise the series of articles on genetic engineering and personally beleive the encyclopedia is better served consolidating small stubs that don't look like they will expand into more inclusive articles. They can always be split out again if the grow too big. AIRcorn (talk) 00:00, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

On the other hand, I believe that any notable topic should have its own article from the word go (might be guidelines on that somewhere). It may start as a stub but they can rapidly grow. I have found that splitting articles is very difficult. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 00:04, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

I guess none of those sources contained any useful information. Thinking about it more a merge into Agriculture in New Zealand would be probably be better. It is only present in the see also section there currently. AIRcorn (talk) 08:14, 6 February 2012 (UTC)