Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was redirect to St. Louis Southwestern Railway. Can be merged to either there or to Arkansas Railroad Museum if sources are added, but there's clearly consensus not to keep this unsourced stub as it is.  Sandstein  18:55, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society

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No indication of WP:NOTE. No sources besides a link to the groups website.  Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 18:42, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:47, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:47, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Arkansas-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:47, 2 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Merge to the article about either the railroad it wants to preserve or the museum where its based. Thryduulf (talk) 00:29, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
 * merge, no meaningful refs in the article but worth a mention elsewhere, not sure which of those offered above though. Szzuk (talk) 17:58, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: As it stands, User:Den... hasn't made any useful argument, but relisting to allow him the opportunity.
 * Keep quick reasons (admins are closing on these debates while I am writing), and then I will develop further: it has a broader coverage than mentioned here, and it is certainly notable. Den... (talk) 22:04, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- RoySmith (talk) 00:24, 10 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Comment To elaborate on my Keep !vote (thanks RoySmith for the chance—slow connections hinder much). It is hard to understand how this article ended up in AfD since the coverage is extensive and significant enough. The Smithsonian Institution has it featured in its Museum Day and that is because the Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society operates the popular Arkansas Railroad Museum (which is different than saying “it is housed at the Arkansas Railroad Museum”). But the society is more than just the museum as its society chapters shows. In fact, it begot the museum and the museum is mostly the public face of the society.  The organization, which is a historical and thus a scholarly society, is extolled in scholarly publications for its support to researchers, its restauration projects (here too), its non-museum collections (here is on the same footing as the VHS). Even while these small and underfunded institutions shine mostly within scholarly circles and publications, the CBRHS has also gotten newspapers attention (e.g., see here, here and here), and have been doing it for a while already.  What else should we ask of a historical society?Den... (talk) 01:46, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep if improved while this AfD is still open, otherwise move to draft space. SpinningSpark 17:12, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   18:00, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I've struck my provisional keep. Despite the promises of improvement, there is no sign of any activity on this article. SpinningSpark 18:41, 17 October 2018 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.