Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of bus routes in Stowmarket & Needham Market


 * 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 near 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 02:35, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

List of bus routes in Stowmarket & Needham Market

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Delete This pages has is a type of directory 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 have been deleted. Highhousefarm1 (talk) 21:23, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
 * (Fixed nom. Close seven days after 12:11, 15 March 2011 (UTC) -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 12:11, 15 March 2011 (UTC))
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*Delete we don't need this directory. A category would be more appropriate. 22:31, 15 March 2011 (UTC). I actually want to vote !keep on this article. Bus routes are notable in their collective format. No objection to a merged article referring to the region - which in this case is central Suffolk. 22:34, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTDIR We're not a list  KoshVorlon  Naluboutes ''AeriaGloris 17:16, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually if you read WP:NOTDIR and Featured lists you'll see that your comment is entirely wrong. Thryduulf (talk) 11:43, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep or merge/expand scope to cover the region. Lists of bus routes are encyclopaedic in their collective form, and this list has the scope to cover the history of the routes and public transport provision that directories and travel guides do not. If those wishing to delete this article actually cared to read WP:NOTDIR they will clearly see that this does not match any of the types listed there. That other articles have been deleted (some of them dubiously) does not mean this one should be - see WP:WAX. Lists such as List of bus routes in London and List of bus routes in Greater Manchester show that these types of lists can be encyclopaedic, so it needs to be explained why this list is not. While it is clearly not yet of that standard, this list (or an expanded one) clearly has the scope to be, and we don't delete pages because they're not as good as they could be. Thryduulf (talk) 11:43, 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 notable companies. 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) 16:44, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
 * WE ARE LOSSING THE REGIONS WORTH OF GOOD BUS ROUTE PAGES. WE NEED TO SAVE IT NOW!! Wilbysuffolk (talk) 07:41, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete; no evidence of notability. Just because wikipedia is an encyclopædia doesn't mean it should list every trivial detail. I would also point out that these lists can be quite difficult to maintain. bobrayner (talk) 10:15, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Bus route lists are no more or less difficult to maintain than many other types of list, so that shouldn't be a consideration. I don't know what you would consider to be evidence of notability or non-triviality for bus routes, other than they are the only public transport for most of the area, and have significant history. Thryduulf (talk) 11:25, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 * The notability guideline explains notability. The bus lines have a shorter history than my house, but that doesn't make my house notable. Significant coverage in independent reliable sources is what makes something notable. I will happily switch from delete to keep if somebody can show substantial coverage of Stowmarket's bus routes, collectively, in independent reliable sources. bobrayner (talk) 12:37, 21 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.