Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Albany Light Rail


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The result was   delete. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 03:23, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Albany Light Rail

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This article is about a non-existent subject, light rail in Albany, New York, and the only "source" thus far is an opinion piece that says Albany should have light rail. The supposed details of the future service are actually the recommendations of the writer, who appears to be an authority but says nothing about whether his opinions are part of any formal plans. Furthermore, the article appears to say that Albany has already decided to go a different way for the time being at least. Wikipedia is neither a soapbox or a crystal ball. Unless some reliable sources are found and cited to cover this subject properly, I recommend it be deleted. (If it does survive somehow, it should be moved to "Light rail in Albany, New York", because there appears to be no proper noun for this potentially future service, and Albany is ambiguous. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 06:58, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Future transit systems need to be at the planning stage before we can consider having an article on it, allowing articles on transit systems in the suggestion stage opens up for a whole host of articles on things which exist only in someone's dreams. A single letter opining that there should be a light rail somewhere is a flimsy foundation for an article. Sjakkalle (Check!)  09:28, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. Ron B. Thomson (talk) 20:39, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - per above. At least some degree of real planning must occur, I think. Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 21:34, 3 June 2008 (UTC)


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