Talk:Hay-on-Wye railway station

Removed delete template
I have added a number of references for the material in this article - I expect more could be found with further web searching. I have also added wiki-links (some are red, suggesting possible topics for new articles). Therefore I've removed the delete template; however the off-topic template may still be applicable, and some of the contents of this article might be better placed elsewhere. I think there is still a place for an article with this name, as it is indisputable that the station did actually exist. -- MightyWarrior 20:52, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

The station did exist, yes. But what is notable about it? Why does the world in general care that the article exists? The two railways could, arguably, have articles about them. I'm not sure I see where this station deserves one. I'm not sending it to AfD straightaway, since it sounds like there may be more to its tale than has made it into the article. If you could give even a one-sentence summary here, that would help me understand this article better. —C.Fred (talk) 22:45, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

In general, Wikipedia contains articles for all existing railway stations (yes - I accept this one no longer exists). Railways are a fundamental part of our social infrastructure, and society predominately interacts with the railway at stations. Thus whether a town/village has/had a station has some significance sociologically. For example, someone looking at the social history of Hay-on-Wye would definately be interested in whether a railway station existed and to where it was connected. Currently there may only be sufficient information in this article for a stub (when possibly the other information on the railway companies is moved). But I'm trying to argue that it shouldn't be deleted. It may not have international appeal, but many articles don't either. -- MightyWarrior 14:23, 18 June 2006 (UTC)