Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mail truck


 * 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. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:09, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Mail truck

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Gallery of mail trucks, no sources.  MBisanz  talk 02:14, 22 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep: Interesting to see the different types of Mail Trucks in the world. Maybe clean up the title? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.36.238.238 (talk • contribs) 2009-09-22 05:10:04
 * LEGO calls it a mail van. &#9786; Uncle G (talk) 12:16, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep I have been tempted to say delete: in its current state the article is almost non-existent, and the gallery should definitely go to Commons. However the mail truck is by far and large a notable subject. Since AfD is not cleanup, we can move the gallery and see what can be done to have a decent article on the subject. --Cyclopia (talk) 11:19, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep now that User:Jonathan de Boyne Pollard has added a fair amount of referenced material. Not comprehensive by any means, but it does reinforce Cyclopia's comments and shows that there is much room for this to grow. And as an aside, its only a couple hundred characters from qualifying for WP:DYK as a 5x expansion! Arakunem Talk 16:50, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Liking the sources I see.  MBisanz  talk 17:02, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Up until March this was a unsourced but not terrible stub. Vandalism or ineptitude by an IP editor reduced it to a fragment. Sadly this wasn't reverted, but was instead very roughly built on by an editor who then added the gallery. The lesson? Check the history of terrible articles, they might have once been better. Also instead of deleting this kind of article, a spell in the Article Incubator could do them some good. That's not needed now as JdBP has improved it enough for it to stand alone already. Fences  &amp;  Windows  18:15, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions.  --  Fences  &amp;  Windows  00:14, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - improved enough to keep. DustyRain (talk) 18:58, 24 September 2009 (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.