Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ministry of Surface Transport (India)


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) &#124;  Uncle Milty  &#124;  talk  &#124;  23:51, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Ministry of Surface Transport (India)
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There do not exist ministry of surface transport now. It is ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India) and a page for the same exist in Wiki Eliaskurian (talk) 18:32, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
 * That isn't a reason for deletion, as articles about entities that no longer exist still belong in an encyclopedia. A redirect would also be inappropriate, as the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is one of the two ministries that replaced it; the other is the Ministry of Shipping (reference: International Association of Ports and Harbors). Peter&#160;James (talk) 19:42, 24 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep. Redirect to Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India) to maintain the page's history and links. –  Paine Ellsworth   C LIMAX ! 19:49, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India) Keep per Paine, also Government related service shows importance. ///Euro Car  GT  00:19, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 13:01, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 13:01, 25 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep All that's needed is a sourced sentence to say that the ministry was split to two and no longer exists. We don't delete because something ceases to exist or else we wouldn't have any articles on history! &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  13:45, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:16, 25 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Speedy keep, as neither part of the nominator's rationaile for deletion is in any way based in policy. - The Bushranger One ping only 20:10, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry. Ya,it was a mistake. New to editing wikipedia. Offense will not be repeated. Eliaskurian (talk) 17:09, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep I can improve the article and make it relevant till the split. This will include the history and functions. The current articles on MoS and MoRTH can include stuff post the split. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 07:29, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks :) Eliaskurian (talk) 17:09, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India) per Paine, this will show how that ministry has evolved over time. belongs there. --Nlfestival (talk) 21:04, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - I have now sourced the page to show the bifurcation. The Whispering Wind (talk) 02:10, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
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