Talk:Bankruptcy of Penn Central

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In light of today's abortive attempt at deletion, I respond with the following:
 * Penn Central history ended with bankruptcy. That was a cataclysmic event, both to the railroad industry and to the nation’s business community. The PC and its problems were the subject of more words than almost anything else in the railroad industry, everything from diatribes on the passenger business to analyses of the reason for PC’s collapse.
 * The 100+ page report published by the SEC just on the bankruptcy
 * At the time, Penn Central was the sixth largest corporation in the U.S., and its bankruptcy was the largest in American history. Penn Central’s infamous failure remained the largest U.S. bankruptcy for more than 30 years until Enron eclipsed it in 2001.

This is perhaps the least understandable deletion/merger attempt I have ever seen. Did you think about maybe doing a quick Google search first? Trainsandotherthings (talk) 00:56, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I completely agree; the article being too short is not a valid reason for deletion. Within five seconds (I'm not exaggerating), I found these sources on ProQuest:
 * "Penn Central Files Bankruptcy Petition", Wall Street Journal, 22 June 1970: 3.
 * "Penn Central bankruptcy: latest chapter in long story", Boston Globe, 22 June 1970: 17.
 * "The Pennsy Case: Viewing Section 77", Washington Post, 1 July 1973: K1.
 * "Railroad tax case studied: Penn Central bankruptcy involves $4.5 million here", Baltimore Sun, 25 Sep 1977: B1
 * "Penn Central bankruptcy casts long shadow over railroads", The Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 1970: 4.
 * "Bid Filed to End Penn Central's Bankruptcy Case: U.S., Big Creditor Groups Endorse Trustees' Plan to Reorganize Ex-Railroad", Wall Street Journal, 20 Dec 1976: 2.
 * The fact that I found these sources in five seconds (I didn't even include the various WSJ and NYT articles about what happened during the bankruptcy itself) means that the article could probably easily be 5x expanded and still be eligible for DYK. It should not have been nominated for AFD under these circumstances. – Epicgenius (talk) 01:35, 16 August 2023 (UTC)