Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shildon Locomotion Museum

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep. &mdash;Korath (Talk) 00:58, Mar 20, 2005 (UTC)

Shildon Locomotion Museum
This article reads like it came straight out of a piece of promotional literature and is in no way an encyclopedia article. Information about the "children's play area" and "full parking facilities", totally redundant duplication of a section on the history of steam, and even the museum's phone number mean that this article is entirely composed of padding and once pared down to an acceptable standard would have nothing worth keeping, except for the fact of the museum's existence, which could get a sentence in the Shildon article. The author appears to have failed to grasp the nature of Wikipedia and doesn't appear to have read the warning above the edit box: "Please do not create an article to promote yourself, a website, a product, or a business."

I'm listing for deletion on the grounds that the museum is not especially notable, the article is irredemably POV, and that anything worth keeping could be easily merged into Shildon.

&mdash; Trilobite (Talk) 03:20, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * Article has been significantly improved. I withdraw the nomination. &mdash; Trilobite (Talk) 19:18, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Hence noticed removed from article - Mike. 12:30, March 17, 2005 (GMT)


 * Keep and Cleanup.--ZayZayEM 03:51, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and cleanup. All museums are notable. --Gene_poole 03:56, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I fail to see anything in this article that couldn't be merged into Shildon. Cleanup would eliminate virtually all of its content. Trilobite (Talk) 04:02, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, most musems are notable, especially with respect to their cities. Tygar 06:19, Mar 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and Clean up. All but the smallest museums are notable. DaveTheRed 06:32, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and cleanup. Almost all museums are notable and there are plenty of relevant facts in this article. Kappa 09:18, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. But tidy - Wikipedia is not Wikitravel. -- RHaworth 10:22, 2005 Mar 14 (UTC)
 * Keep. I wager you, trilobite, to quote one instance from the article when I expressed a personal opinion. I kept to the cold, hard, fact. User:Mikesc86 12:43, March 14, 2005 (GMT)
 * In addition, the only duplicate information is the mention of the bio-diesel bus, which was mentioned twice. Mike.
 * Keep with extensive cleanup. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a travel guide. --TenOfAllTrades | Talk 13:08, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: This article has now ben cleaned up. Mike. 13:37, March 14, 2005 (GMT)
 * Keep I wouldn't quite go as far as to say that all museums are notable, but the vast majority are. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd 15:19, Mar 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Pavel Vozenilek 19:07, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep This nomination showed a lack of grasp of the category system. I have recategorising the article. Wincoote 01:56, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * keep Yuckfoo 21:04, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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