Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Railroad nicknames


 * 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. Notwithstanding the lack of rationale from the nominator, there is a clear consensus for deletion. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 00:05, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Railroad nicknames

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I think this article should get deleted. ATSFRailfan (talk) 21:23, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
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 * Please supply a reason, based upon deletion policy, why. Uncle G (talk) 07:26, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 18:59, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
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 * Delete for being unencyclopedic. I don't see the purpose of such lists.Also, most of the sources fail the reliable source criteria since they are personal websites. --Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 19:01, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep, but remove questionably sourced entries. There are reliable sources listed, including an 1890 New York Times article, a Railroad History article, etc. Clarityfiend (talk) 19:33, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. On second look, there doesn't appear to be much other than the sources I have enumerated. I'm surprised. Clarityfiend (talk) 19:53, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete This and this are certainly not reliable sources and that takes out most of the list. The individual railroad articles are welcome to include well-sourced nicknames, but even with the few reliable sources here, there's not much evidence for how widespread these mainly perjoratives were or evidence that this is a independently notable topic. Reywas92Talk 20:16, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTDIR and WP:INDISCRIMINATE; in particular, this is a near-perfect example of simple listings without context information that do not pertain to a clear, specific topic. As there are potentially thousands of railroads that could be considered, and numerous names can be proposed for each, there is no way to determine what qualifies for such a list regardless of the availability of sources. Furthermore, some sources used in the article are also indiscriminate and unreliable (per Reywas92), which means that many more miscellaneous names are included. As this list has no clear means of selecting which names to include (or at least not with its current title which is very broad), it could also grow indefinitely without clear boundaries. Thus, I would suggest only mentioning verified, commonly used nicknames in the articles about specific railroads. ComplexRational (talk) 21:50, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete as unencyclopaedic, verging on original research, despite being sourced, some point to blog posts which cant be used on Wiki. <b style="color: White;">Night</b><b style="color: White">fury</b> 14:26, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep The nomination doesn't contain a valid reason to delete and so there's no case to answer. The page has been here for over 13 years, has had a reasonable amount of good-faith editing and thousands of readers.  We should not delete this on a whim. Andrew D. (talk) 15:02, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
 * , but the other voters have given a valid reason to delete. Norminator not providing a reason to delete isn't a valid reason to keep. --<i style="font-family:'Rock salt','Comic Sans MS'; color: Green;">Tyw7</i> (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 15:07, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. As stated, the vast majority of the entries here are either being sourced off of non-reliable sources, or seemingly complete WP:OR.  ComplexRational also makes a very strong argument pertaining to WP:NOTDIR and WP:INDISCRIMINATE.  As several editors have already mentioned, the very few (if any) nicknames that might actually be verified by reliable sources can be included in the individual railroads' articles.  Rorshacma (talk) 15:21, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete- I agree that this is sourced to mostly dubious references. ComplexRational makes good points too. <b style="color: Maroon;">Reyk</b> <b style="color: Blue;">YO!</b> 15:35, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
 * No opinion - As the nominator's WP:NOREASON (argument was so compelling), and I can't argue with the it's WP:UNENCYCLOPEDIC responses.  Orville1974  (talk) 02:54, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - Seriously, though, if the nickname is prominent enough, it should be in the related article's content. Wikipedia is WP:NOTDIR, and WP:NOTSLANG.   Orville1974  (talk) 02:56, 6 June 2019 (UTC)


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