Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Peninsula Commute locomotives


 * 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 delete. Consensus is this isn't a notable topic and the material isn't suitable for a merge. Star  Mississippi  02:27, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

List of Peninsula Commute locomotives

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This list fails both WP:NLIST and WP:NOTDIRECTORY. There is zero evidence the subjects of this list have ever been discussed as a group by even a single reliable source. Much of this is sourced to photos which are user generated content and not reliable, or to railfan sites which have the same issue. See also Articles for deletion/Retired MTA Regional Bus Operations bus fleet for a similar article which was deleted. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 21:34, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 21:34, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 21:34, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 23:05, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep I was looking at Category:United States railway-related lists and Category:Lists of railroads by US state and found that a lot of articles exists for rail lines and usually show what trains served on them.  List of California railroads is a good list to find things like this.  Usually they list this information in the main article, but Peninsula Commute is rather long, so having this as a valid split-off list works out fine do to its size.   D r e a m Focus  23:21, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I might buy that argument if there were multiple reliable sources providing significant coverage of this topic, but that is not the case here (and I notice your response did not address that point at all). I didn't prune out all the unreliable sources as I didn't want to prejudice the AfD, but almost all of them would have to go if we were to remove all the WP:SPS and user generated content which is not reliable. Caltrain already exists and that's more than sufficient. Wikipedia is not in the business of documenting every single locomotive that has ever existed. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 01:33, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Also, List of California railroads does not say anything about rolling stock, nor should it. I would know, I've extensively edited List of Connecticut railroads and List of Rhode Island railroads. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 01:54, 5 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete: It's one thing to have a list/table of equipment grouped by type - we have those in the article for most modern rail services, with a handful of standalone lists like List of Amtrak rolling stock. That works as a useful summary. A listing of every single locomotive is far too much detail, and doesn't serve any encyclopediac purpose beyond the condensed table. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 23:48, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete: The summary information is in both Peninsula Commute and Caltrain, so the additional information provided by this separate article is probably not needed. Cheers, Mliu92 (talk) 21:21, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect/Merge to Peninsula Commute as WP:ATD. Jumpytoo Talk 00:19, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Nothing in this article should be merged. It's unencyclopedic and there's more than enough information already in the identified merge target. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 00:35, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:FORK of Peninsula Commute. MrsSnoozyTurtle 22:22, 7 April 2022 (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.