Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cosmopolitan Railway


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The result was Keep. Agent 86 20:39, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Cosmopolitan Railway

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A Global highway is not likely to be built in the near future. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. This article is simmilar to the Global Highway article deleted at Articles for deletion/Global highway. Natl1 20:59, 12 December 2006 (UTC) - I am not trying to argue that WP covers only the 21st century. --Natl1 20:25, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge to William Gilpin (governor) (the creator of the concept). --- RockMFR 23:07, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand Article needs expansion and references, but it was a notable proposal (and book) in its day and notable as an example of 19th century transportation futurism, and it's not crystal-balling, since it's not an active proposal . Hasn't even been looked at by WikiProject Trains yet. The fact that "Global Highway" got deleted doesn't mean that every remotely similar article should be tossed up for deletion. What's next, AfD's for articles about Jules Verne novels? Doesn't really belong with the William Gilpin article either, this article should be categorized with rail articles, other than this proposal, William Gilpin isn't a notable railway personage. Tubezone 00:30, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per Tubezone. Encylopedic and historic concept.  --Oakshade 23:19, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * keep notable historic projects still are notable. WP covers more than the 21st centuryDGG 06:47, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
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