Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arlesdale Railway (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. Redirection is optional.  Sandstein  09:16, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Arlesdale Railway
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Non-notable fictional railway. Of the inline cited sources in the article, one is primary, and the other is to pegnsean.net, which looks like a self-published fansite. Of the sources in the bibliography, you have the fansite, a bunch of primary source fictional books, and one biography of the author. Google Scholar brings up two hits,, both of which look like plot summaries. A Google search is bringing up Fandom, deviantart, pinterest, and a book complied from Wikia content Gets one sentence in this piece from BBC. Clear failure of WP:GNG. Hog Farm Bacon 01:43, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
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 * Comment - Previous nomination closed as speedy keep, but that was in 2008 and the nominator was a sockpuppet. I think this is time for this to get a new hearing. Hog Farm Bacon 01:55, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Cool stuff for a fan wiki, but here it is WP:FANCRUFT that fails WP:NFICTION/GNG. More articles from this children show need review for notability, not everything we grew up is notable, folks... --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here
 * Delete - Interesting article, but on the whole, non-notable.  Wiki Macaroons Cinnamon? 08:05, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway is probably most helpful to a reader wanting encyclopedic material. https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Arlesdale_Railway is probably suitable for casual readers and it's probably better for us not to compete. Thincat (talk) 08:49, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom; possibly the rest of Category:Railways of Sodor ought to go too, for the same reasons. With a heavy heart, since I was a TtTE obsessive as a pre-schooler... YorkshireLad  ✿  (talk) 18:38, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete or merge to Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway. Would also consider Sodor (fictional island) or List of fictional locations in Thomas & Friends or another suitable merge target. Nominator is right that most of this article is sourced to primary sources, with a bare mention in the BBC. If there's any potential for this content, it's as part of a broader summary of the fictional universe. Jontesta (talk) 19:24, 7 August 2020 (UTC)


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