Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Greenline (Pennsylvania)


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The result was   keep. &mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 22:47, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Greenline (Pennsylvania)

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Topic was briefly notable, but is not notable anymore. Article is about a mass transit line that was proposed by an organization in 2008, which never got past the "idea stage". I couldn't find any reliable news sources about the topic other than the two that are already in the article. The organization's website itself simply consists of a home page mentioned that the project never happened. This is one of many citizen-proposed rail projects that never went anywhere, as opposed to projects like Glassboro–Camden Line, which have been in serious development for a while and will likely be built. Subject is possibly worth briefly mentioning in Transportation in Philadelphia but does not warrant to have its own article. – Dream out loud (talk) 04:14, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep Project is still part of the Chester County Planning Commission's Transportation Improvement Inventory for 2013. Nothing has changed in that respect.PTC 6. It is not on Chester County's list of high priorities but intial money has been allocated for it ($300,000). I am fine with deleting it only if that is what concensus agrees to.Oanabay04 (talk) 15:34, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep If it was notable once, even as a proposal, it remains notable. This is an encyclopedia, a permanent work of reference.   DGG ( talk ) 18:14, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - There are plenty of articles on Wikipedia that are about projects that never got to be built. I think this still meets WP:GNG. Bhtpbank (talk) 14:28, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:08, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:08, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I really haven't been able to find many reliable sources on the topic. There's a few sources out there from when it was first proposed, but nothing really since then.  If an organization proposed an idea, the media covers it, and then the idea doesn't go anywhere and is never covered by the media again, it would seem as if there is no notability retained there. – Dream out loud  (talk) 05:03, 27 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Weak keep -- Notability is not temporary, so even if the project never goes forward, it can be judged on the basis of the existing sources. The existing sources are thin, but I believe they cover the subject enough to warrant keeping the article. Jujutacular (talk) 22:23, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
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