Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Greater Manchester bus route 42


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The result was merge to Wilmslow Road bus corridor. Barkeep49 (talk) 00:36, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Greater Manchester bus route 42

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Non notable bus route - Only independent source in article only about the company that operates route, and rest just timetables etc.  OxonAlex    - talk  18:28, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions.   OxonAlex    - talk  18:28, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.   OxonAlex    - talk  18:28, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Note I found some significant coverage, , . Also this (non-RS?) explains the importance of the route. --Pontificalibus 15:15, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
 *  Weak Keep or Merge as per OxonAlex  - satisfied there is enough in the sources shown by Pontificalibus to establish some notability. Bookscale (talk) 11:29, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - sorry, but I don't find any of these sources providing convincing notability - no deep and significant coverage in multiple reliable sources - more like run of the mill local news - Epinoia (talk) 01:23, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:40, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment - it's a bus route - WP:GNG says that even significant coverage in reliable sources does not guarantee that a subject merits its own article because Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information - it's a bus route of local interest only - WP:AUD says "attention solely from local media, or media of limited interest and circulation, is not an indication of notability" - Epinoia (talk) 16:05, 11 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete Covered only by a couple of local news sources. A single bus route has little relevance or notability, especially as it has very little to talk about. Willbb234Talk (please &#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; me in replies) 07:33, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment Wilmslow Road bus corridor covers this route, so might be worth redirecting or merging.  OxonAlex    - talk  06:46, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment - I'd support a merge in this case. Bookscale (talk) 10:04, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment - I have changed my view to merge, which I think is more appropriate than keeping the existing article. Bookscale (talk) 00:43, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Wilmslow Road bus corridor as suggested seems like a sensible way to go. The route is covered in that article, which also makes clear the significance of the wider bus corridor. Dunarc (talk) 20:03, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Wilmslow Road bus corridor as that feels like the home for this article's contents, has overarching context. Apart from primary sources, the article's sources are only routine business announcements. -Lopifalko (talk) 11:53, 17 September 2019 (UTC)


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