Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of bus routes in Birmingham


 * 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. Moving the article doesn't answer the question of whether the article should exist at all, the central inquiry of WP:AFD. Kurykh (talk) 01:16, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

List of bus routes in Birmingham

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Wikipedia is not a directory and this list does not meet the criteria at WP:LISTN. Exemplo347 (talk) 08:01, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
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 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 13:38, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
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 * Move to List of notable bus routes in Birmingham. AlessandroTiandelli333 (talk) 14:53, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Are you genuinely suggesting moving this bare list of one bus company's routes, to a misleading title like that? How can you justify that? Exemplo347 (talk) 15:34, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
 * As a general guideline, we don't create lists of "notable" things. Each article needs to specifically define its own list criteria. Ajf773 (talk) 19:15, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
 * It would be very difficult to find sources for all of the routes since there are so many companies with their own routes. The word "Major" rather than "notable" could be better. WikiImprovment78 (talk) 21:21, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
 * To be clear - the problem is NOT the title of the page, so moving it will not solve anything. The move suggestion is not based on any policy or guideline so let's put it aside. The problem is two-fold - WP:NOTDIRECTORY states that Wikipedia is not a directory, and WP:LISTN sets strict notability criteria for lists, which are not met by this list of bus routes. Exemplo347 (talk) 22:16, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes I know it says it at the bottom, I was just adding to what had been discussed. I read over them and I think whilst it is true it is not encyclopaedic, what criteria do other lists that are similar to this meet that this one doesn't? WikiImprovment78 (talk) 14:04, 5 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete. WP:NOTDIRECTORY and WP:NOTTRAVEL. Ajf773 (talk) 19:15, 4 May 2017 (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.