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


 * 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   no consensus. The nominator of the AFD and the screamer at the bottom of the page are one in the same; that is, they are both ✅ socks of. Taking those socks away, there leave no consensus for deletion. There is no prejudice from renomination by a good faith user, however. –MuZemike 02:29, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

List of bus routes in Ely

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Delete This pages has only 12 routes and other pages such as List of bus routes in Sudbury, List of bus routes in Haverhill and List of bus routes in Downham Market which are of the same type but longer have been deleted. Highhousefarm1 (talk) 21:23, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
 * (Fixed nom. Please close seven days after 12:06, 15 March 2011 (UTC) -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 12:06, 15 March 2011 (UTC))
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 * Delete per WP:DIR We're not a list. KoshVorlon  Naluboutes ''AeriaGloris 17:18, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep bus routes in east anglia. One delete on bus routes in a history of keeps and we're losing an entire region's worth of articles.  MLA (talk) 22:36, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. Lists of bus routes are of no enclyclopedic value. WP is not a directory or guide.--Charles (talk) 22:38, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep or Merge/expand scope to a list covering a larger area, List of bus routes in London, List of bus routes in Greater Manchester, List of bus routes in Derbyshire, etc all show that lists of bus routes are of encyclopaedic value. Ely is a small settlement with few bus routes, so ideally the list should encompass a wider area. However it is well established that while individual bus routes are rarely notable, collective lists of bus routes do have a place in a comprehensive encyclopaedia such as Wikipedia. Travel guides and directories do not format their lists of bus routes like this, nor do they have the scope to detail changes or history (this doesn't yet, but could easily do so - there is no deadline), so this page is not a directory. Indeed if the delete voters actually cared to read WP:NOTDIR they would see that it does not match any of the types listed. Thryduulf (talk) 11:33, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep THIS IS NOT A DIRECTORY. You don't delete stuff because it should be better. All of the routes I have listed are well served by Stagecoach. This could also be merged into a bigger page about bus routes in Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. All the list of bus routes I have made and that have been deleted I have saved the code for re-use on that page. I want to make sure it will not be deleted though. Wilbysuffolk (talk) 07:10, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
 * WE ARE LOSSING THE REGIONS WORTH OF GOOD BUS ROUTE PAGES. WE NEED TO SAVE IT NOW!! Wilbysuffolk (talk) 07:39, 20 March 2011 (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.