Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Great Northern 2507


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The result was keep. Definitely no consensus to delete, and a merge to Wishram station looks like it would not have consensus due to WP:UNDUE, though the idea can still be discussed on article talk if people wish. – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 10:00, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Great Northern 2507

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This locomotive is not notable. I could not find any significant coverage of it in secondary sources to establish notability. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 23:28, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 23:28, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Washington-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 18:17, 22 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Merge to Wishram station, its current resting place. Looks like someone went to a lot of effort for this, but I agree, absent any ongoing curation it's unlikely to pass WP:N, except maybe for the accident, but I don't know we have newspaper archives going back that far, and the sourcing is not entirely certain to touch on the locomotive in any meaningful way--the type of locomotive didn't affect the accident at all, per my reading of the article as it stands now. Jclemens (talk) 00:09, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep Not the easiest thing to source, but I found newspaper articles that describe two notable incidents in the locomotive's life: its 1948 derailment (which injured two people) and its handover to Klickitat County in 1966 (which was attended by U.S. Representative Catherine Dean May, I have just discovered). Ackatsis (talk) 00:23, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Update: I've found a few more sources that mention the locomotive by number, and uploaded a free use image. I think this one is a keeper. Ackatsis (talk) 11:11, 24 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep: Sufficient history on this one to keep rather than merge to one of the two possible targets where a meaningful merge would result in WP:UNDUE. Djm-leighpark (talk) 02:45, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge to Wishram station. A "sufficient history" is not a valid reason to keep up an article that can be compressed and redirected.  Sounder Bruce  23:42, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep satisfies GNG after HEY. Agree, merge to one of the two possible targets would result in WP:UNDUE. Djflem (talk) 12:39, 28 October 2021 (UTC)


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