Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/South Western


 * 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 of the debate was no consensus; keep.  K ilo-Lima|(talk) 14:32, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

South Western
Content is already available at South West Trains. RFBailey 22:07, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Talks about a possible merger, but WP:NOT a crystal ball. Sandstein 04:56, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, that the franchises will be merged has been announced by the DfT, with invitations issued to bidders. See . The content that is currently at South West Trains should really be moved here to save duplicating it at the Island Line, Isle of Wight article. Thryduulf 08:42, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep the current franchises are both due to expire in early 2007. There has been comment that the new franchise is going to be South Western as it covers the SW region. This article shows the definte merger and also shows there is a need for expansion. The merger IS going to happen. This article is not predicting, it is showing... Simply south 15:58, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment. I know that the merger is definitely going to happen (that wasn't my point).  As the new franchise is essentially just incorporating the Island Line into the South West Trains franchise, and there is a full description of what's going to happen can be found at the SWT page, so this article is just duplicating that information.  --RFBailey 16:22, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * My point is that the information should be in this article rather than at South West Trains. If Stagecoach win the franchise and continue to run it under the South West Trains brand then it would probably make sense to merge it into that article. However, speculating on who will win the franchise and what the brand name of it will be is crystal ballism. Thryduulf 21:21, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete There's no point in having this article until the process is sorted and we know what exactly the full details of the new franchise are (such as who's going to operate it, what it'll be called etc). Using Southeastern as an example, that was kept as a section on the South Eastern Trains article until the new company was virtually up and running. At the moment, it'd be much better to keep what few details are known as sections on the South West Trains and Island Line pages. Hammersfan 12/04/06, 18.45 BST
 * Keep, likely search term, if the details are better somewhere else should be a soft redirect. Kappa 09:52, 15 April 2006 (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.