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


 * 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. Can be userfied for transwiki if desired.  Sandstein  08:46, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

List of bus routes in Kent

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Wikipedia isn't travel guide - this belongs on Wikivoyage, not here. Davey 2010  Talk  00:38, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Transwiki or delete as unsuitable for an encyclopedia. I can't help feeling that discussing this type of article as a group to reach consensus on what we do with bus route information would be better than putting each one through AfD. --Michig (talk) 07:19, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Previous discussion on wholesale deletion, at Requests for Comment if I remember rightly, has only resulted in consensus that each should be considered separately.--Charles (talk) 10:18, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Routes should be considered separately, and lists could be if the concerns were primarily notability, but as many editors' recommendations for deletion are influenced by WP:NOT these would apply to all or none. The discussion was at Village pump (policy)/Archive_86. Peter&#160;James (talk) 15:15, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete or Transwiki to UK Transport Wiki on Wikia. There are no reliable secondary sources to meet WP:GNG and it fails WP:NOTDIR and WO:NOTTRAVEL.--Charles (talk) 10:18, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:56, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:57, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
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 * Delete and suggest the bus trivia fans find a home at the UK Transport Wiki on Wikia if Wikitravel won't accept the article. --Bob Re-born (talk) 14:07, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Recommend procedural closure, as the bus route lists would be better discussed as a set, and if one is encyclopedic or unencyclopedic then the others are. Many of the arguments that resulted in other lists being kept or deleted, or often resulted in no consensus, as well as those currently being discussed (West Midlands and Worcestesrhire) could be applied to this one, and there can't be a consensus that these lists are encyclopedic for some counties but not for others just because different editors participated in the discussions, particularly when no editor has provided a reason to distinguish them. Peter&#160;James (talk) 15:15, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep Perfectly legitimate article which is part of a nice set for these all over the country. Editors are simply being vindictive towards bus route list articles here. If it ain't sourced to your standards, find some sources, instead of nominating it for deletion and spoiling my work of trying to complete the whole set.  Rcsprinter  (Gimme a message)  @ 23:03, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * TRanswikify to Wikitravel. This is a genre that is popular with some users, but it is non-encyclopaedic.  I am also concerned about maintenance if the editors responsible for maintaining them lose interest.  Peterkingiron (talk) 14:10, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete as non-notable and impossible to maintain etc... Consensus just now seems to be that bare bus lists such as this without any real prose content are deletes. Then someone needs to write a Buses in Kent article along the lines of Buses in Portsmouth (or if that's too daunting Buses in Lowestoft) in order to ensure coverage of the area. Transwikify as required of course. Blue Square Thing (talk) 19:46, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete - It is customary for WP to contain articles on railroad routes & automobile highways; but not bus routes. The latter are too ephemeral, too numerous.  They change frequently, and it is just not feasible to keep a list within WP up to date.  Better is an article on the Kent bus routes, with an external link to the up-to-date official bus route schedule. --Noleander (talk) 04:45, 7 March 2013 (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.