Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Severn Link (2nd nomination)


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The result was no consensus. Nakon 04:47, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

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This proposed ferry service never got past the proposal stage and has been dead for some years now. There was a small burst of coverage concerning the proposal for ferry service, but I don't see this satisfying WP:GNG. Safiel (talk) 15:14, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
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 * Keep. The problem here is that the article hasn't been updated for too long to adequately state the case for notability. Coverage didn't stop in 2011 when the service didn't start, but continued into 2012 (BBC News) and 2013 (Burnham-on-sea.com), and again when a new service was proposed a year later (South Wales Post, North Devon Gazette). Perhaps the article should be about the general concept instead of this company, but there's more than enough here to justify an article of some kind. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.244.186.38 (talk) 15:10, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment A "concept" article would probably work. However, I just don't seen this particularly company passing WP:CORP. Deleting this article and replacing it with an article on the generic concept of ferry service in that area would be fine. Safiel (talk) 17:36, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep and expand to cover the wider topic as suggested by 90.244.186.38. Possibly rename to Bristol Channel ferry. I don't think deletion is warranted, given the usability of the existing content and the multiple reliable sources over a number of years. --Arxiloxos (talk) 18:17, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JAaron95  Talk  10:10, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - No doubt a worthy idea. When planned, it was liable to fail under WP:CRYSTAL.  Having (apparently) never started, probably because the promoters could not raise the capital, in turn because the business case for it did not indicate that it would be profitable, the project remains a mere pipe-dream.  No doubt the concept, having never got off the ground is now dead and should be buried.  The multiple references in the local press are no doubt based on press releases by the promoters and are thus hardly independent.  I recall opposing articles on proposed stations in unbuilt light rail systems that had bene announced (proposed) but not funded as WP:CRYSTAL, the same applies to this; its failure to start means that it is now NN.  If someone can write a worthwhile article on shipping traffic across the Bristol Channel, which was once significant, we can no doubt have that.  Such an article might mention this project as an afterthought.   Peterkingiron (talk) 18:13, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep. Sure it never got out of the dock, but it was well reported on for several years, and it forms a useful short article about a failed business venture - easily meeting WP:CORP. I've given it a quick copyedit and added a couple more refs covering particular points. More could be added. —S MALL  JIM   23:15, 5 August 2015 (UTC)


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