Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of GO Transit stations


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The result was no consensus. Black Kite (talk) 19:39, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

List of GO Transit stations

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This page is a simple list with little added value. Improvement to this list is better directed to other existing articles:
 * GO train stations could be listed at GO Transit rail services, and are already in GO Transit as well as each line article:
 * Lakeshore West line
 * Lakeshore East line
 * Milton line
 * Kitchener line
 * Barrie line
 * Richmond Hill line
 * Stouffville line
 * GO bus stations are already listed at GO Transit bus services

-- Natural  R X 14:22, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

to reply to me 15:09, 13 March 2017 (UTC) to reply to me 15:47, 13 March 2017 (UTC) to reply to me 16:02, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
 *  Keep ; list could be expanded with more info about each station including image, opening date, fare zone, number of platforms, coordinates, station code, interchanges, and probably some other information. Note that the lines do not currently have their own station lists (route diagrams/navbox don't really count). Jc86035 (talk) Use &#123;&#123;re&#124;Jc86035&#125;&#125;
 * Except for Lakeshore East and Milton (which could be easily added), they do have station lists, actually. See Lakeshore West line; this is a wikitable format I developed and has been subsequently added to some of the other line articles. This already covers interchanges, and could easily be expanded to include the other items you rattled off. I'm interested in hearing your argument as to why it would be more appropriate to expand List of GO Transit stations to do this, instead of creating/expanding the tables in the line articles, or expanding GO Transit rail services. As for bus services, the tables in GO Transit bus services already include type, parking spots, address location, coordinates, and other notes. Again, that table can be easily expanded to include the other items you mentioned, and I feel it is inappropriate to have a second, inferior and duplicate location for that info. -- Natural  R X 15:29, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
 * All the information could be sorted in the same table if the list were to be kept and expanded, which could be useful (especially for opening dates and fare zones). I don't really mind if the list is split up into the separate articles, but I'd prefer the list to be kept. Jc86035 (talk) Use &#123;&#123;re&#124;Jc86035&#125;&#125;
 * Well then we will have to agree to disagree that one table has much added value. I do not see how rail stations and bus terminals/stations/parking lots can be integrated well into one table. The closest I can see to meeting your preference is have one table at GO Transit rail services. -- Natural  R X 16:35, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
 * There is now one table of all rail stations at GO Transit rail services, which has a couple columns you suggested, and which can be built upon. Do you still believe this article is worth keeping in light of that? -- Natural  R X 15:42, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Changing !vote to redirect (to GO Transit rail services, or another appropriate page). Jc86035 (talk) Use &#123;&#123;re&#124;Jc86035&#125;&#125;

Keep:
 * Fails to meet any of the criteria of WP:DEL-REASON
 * A centralized place to look when one does not know which route a station is on (after all, this is an encyclopædia where people look things up)
 * This sort of list is useful, as evidenced by List of railway stations and


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or do you propose to delete all of these, too?


 * WP:IDL is not a suitable reason for deletion.
 * Useddenim (talk) 01:54, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * WP:NOTDIRECTORY Nördic   Nightfury  08:05, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * If you think that's a relevant argument, then what about the over 300 List of Xxx stations noted above? Useddenim (talk) 10:24, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Merge to GO Transit rail services per arguments above. Nördic   Nightfury  08:06, 17 March 2017 (UTC)]
 * Merge - Per Nordic Nightfury. Class 455  ( talk |stand clear of the doors!)  23:26, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep: Fails to meet any of the criteria of WP:DEL-REASON and it appears to be more useful than the category list because it is sortable. Wider tables with more columns may be problematic when viewed on phones. Tetsuo (talk) 02:26, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. There are hundreds of similar articles for other systems. This is not an WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS argument, but shows that these are a standard article type with consensus to exist. oknazevad (talk) 15:57, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Exemplo347 (talk) 00:45, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. Like List of Metrolink (California) stations or List of London Underground stations and many others (un-collapse "Extended content" above), as oknazevad wrote there is a standard with station lists that has long been valued by the community as a convenient encyclopedic summery of key information on stations in a particular system. --Oakshade (talk) 04:55, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Merge per above commenters. The difference between this and the Metrolink or London Underground lists isn't that GO Transit is inherently less valid in principle; it's that the Metrolink and London Underground lists both contain substantive content beyond just listing the stations' names — they both contain actual substantive introductions that go well beyond just restating the page title; they both contain system maps and photographs; they both list the stations in expanded tables that also include columns for supplementary details such as intermodal connections, opening dates and ridership statistics; they both contain reliable source references to support the content. I'd be perfectly okay with keeping this if it could be Heymanned up to the quality standard displayed by those lists — but in this form it's not even close to substantive or keepable. Bearcat (talk) 15:31, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Metrolink is an excellent comparison. They're both heavyweight diesel hub and spoke commuter systems with push-pull operations serving similarly sized metropolitan areas.  That this article doesn't have the substantial content you're desiring is simply a matter of regular editing, not deletion.  While we'd love to have all perfect articles now, not all articles are going to be top-notch quickly.  There's no hurry.  It's impossible to add that content to a deleted article. AFD is not a sub for article improvement. --Oakshade (talk) 05:38, 31 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep: Lengthy station lists like this one should be kept independent from the main article about the system. What's been done with the list at GO Transit rail services is good - but it's the wrong place for that information. GO Transit rail services should contain a high-level overview of the rail system, including geography, history, operations, rolling stock, future, etc. The lengthy, complex list of individual stations is not appropriate for a high-level overview - it's appropriate for a standalone list. That's precisely why we have hundreds of standalone lists. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 20:26, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep because I don't see any valid reason for deletion. The list is well populated with notable contents. The list of lists hatted above shows that it is not uncommon to group stations by provider. I also don't see why this would be merged, apart from making the main article longer. Laurdecl talk 03:06, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
 * What you're seeing now is a copying of content from GO Transit rail services to List of GO Transit stations. Some valid arguments against deletion have been raised, but this copy of content now makes it an ideal candidate for merging ("Duplicate: There are two or more pages on exactly the same subject, with the same scope."), and I was hoping this AfD could explore that. -- Natural  R X 13:53, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Circular reasoning. “The list should be expanded with more content”, but now that it has adequate content it should be merged back into the article it’s supposed to replace? Useddenim (talk) 21:04, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I never advocated for this list being expanded. I had created the rail and bus articles and thought those were more appropriate, you're the one that expanded it and have advocated for keeping it. -- Natural  R X 00:52, 1 April 2017 (UTC)


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