Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of San Francisco Municipal Railway lines


 * 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 keep. - Mailer Diablo 07:22, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

List of San Francisco Municipal Railway lines
delete per WP:NOT. wiki is not a directory of information on buses, trams, municipal railways. WIki adds no value by being a repository of this information. More relevant, up to date and accurate information is always available directly from the transport authority. The need for some wikipedian to brainlessly copy info on routes, itineraries from same would be obviated. Ohconfucius 10:59, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. --Porqin 12:28, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Metro and cable car lines are undeniably "notable". The others, in their present form, may not be. --SPUI (T - C) 18:25, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep It is not the most exciting or original article, but it does serve a purpose nonetheless. This list provides an useful and unified annotated complitation of Muni routes, including notable rail lines and San Francisco's famous cable car lines, with links to related WP articles. I doubt Muni's website will provide links to WP articles.  Including bus lines in the list has the added bonus of discouraging the creation of separate articles on bus routes with no inherent notability.-- danntm T C 20:36, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Does add value to Wikipedia, and is plausibly useful. Also, Wikipedia is not paper. — Adrian~enwiki (talk) 20:49, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is an indiscriminate collection of information, so fails WP:NOT. A description of the areas serviced, and a link to the operator's website (where there is detailed route information) should be given in Muni Metro. --Mako 22:08, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Not indiscriminate, at least some of these are notable, relatively static, and expandable, with photographs, history, and additional information. If nothing else the links to the districts served add value. Deco 22:16, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, not indiscriminate collection of information and useful. JYolkowski // talk 22:32, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment the only grounds for inclusion of a route in this list seems to be that it exists, with no other criteria (apparently) being used. Isn't that what "indiscriminate" means? Mako 00:02, 11 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep. -- Necrothesp 00:23, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep per Adrian Lamo. --physicq210 00:57, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Sidenote To declare the editors of the article "brainless" would be to implicate me and a previous editor (Octoferret) as "brainless" editors. --physicq210 17:11, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Valuable information. This is what makes Wikipedia an encyclopedia of a sort that paper encyclopedias cannot be. Fg2 01:36, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep train lines and the like are useful information. I know the train lines in and around London have articles and I like them with my user hat on.  I'd be more incined to recommend delete were it buses but trains and metros are notable and fairly fixed so should be retained. MLA 11:07, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep per all keep reasons above. --Arnzy (whats up?)  11:40, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep an extremely useful and well-organized guide to railway operations in San Francisco. There is absolutely nothing in WP:NOT that states that " wiki is not a directory of information on buses, trams, municipal railways." This appears to be the nominator's original research, contrary to WP:OR. Alansohn 18:17, 11 August 2006 (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.