Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Locomotives of the Hull and Barnsley Railway


 * 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. Seraphimblade Talk to me 01:55, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

Locomotives of the Hull and Barnsley Railway

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An WP:INDISCRIMINATE collection of excessively detailed information about the assets of a company that appears to have been defunct for over 100 years. GretLomborg (talk) 22:08, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
 * No. Andy Dingley (talk) 22:32, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
 * See WP:ANI Andy Dingley (talk) 09:38, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 00:57, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 00:58, 18 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Merge to Hull and Barnsley Railway or, if that is felt as taking over too much space in the article, leave as is. Apposite information, well sourced; the fact that the company is defunct seems quite beside the point... -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 01:23, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep as the topic passes WP:LISTN and its age is irrelevant per WP:ITSOOLD. See also WP:ATD; WP:BEFORE; WP:NOTPAPER; WP:PRESERVE; &c. Andrew D. (talk) 07:15, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge as has offered, but if not done then keep.  Once notable always notable. Djm-leighpark (talk) 08:04, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep as a separate article as it was hived off from the Hull and Barnsley Railway a couple of years ago. We do not want to loose the information so a merge back would be an acceptable alternative. Keith D (talk) 12:44, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep accepted sort of wp article, sufficiently long to be separate.WP covers transport extensively. That the railroad is defunct is irrelevant. WP covers the present and the past, like any encyclopedia .  DGG ( talk ) 16:26, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep per Keith D and DGG. This list is of reasonable length. RobDuch (talk) 21:16, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment The level of detail in this article strikes me as similar to that in Articles_for_deletion/Java_EE_version_history, for instance. - GretLomborg (talk) 23:52, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * One is an extant mainspace article and the other is a deletion discussion. If you mean Java EE version history can we have a temp undelete? for us non admins? Thankyou.  Djm-leighpark (talk) 03:30, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * The difference here is that this article collates dispersed information that is difficult to find, whereas the Java history was in essence a copy of a version history file readily available on the net. Quite different use cases IMO. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 14:03, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * @ You've sort of blown your credibility by confusing Java and Java EE in your answer... and lends weight to the usefulness of the former for numbskulls like me.Djm-leighpark (talk) 14:29, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Erm... I don't give a fig for the difference between Java and Java EE, nor does it have any bearing on suitability as an article whatsoever... -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 15:53, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * If you mix them up its a problem. Bit like a horse and cart really.  Likely to cause you trouble if you mix them up.  Talking of mix ups that applies to the rending of the Hull and Barnsley Railway which seems to have acquired white hold syndrome.Djm-leighpark (talk) 16:53, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Sure, whatever. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 17:06, 19 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep, meets WP:LISTN, article reflects this with references included from a number of books. Coolabahapple (talk) 23:27, 19 May 2019 (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.