Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steam locomotive production


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The result was delete. Liz Read! Talk! 02:34, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Steam locomotive production

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Oh boy, an article with 4 cleanup templates. I saw this linked from Steam locomotive and wow, this is a bad article. But beyond that, I don't see how this topic meets notability. This article appears to be one editor's pet project from 2006. It seems like a pointless fork from Steam locomotive to me, and should be deleted or redirected. There's nothing encyclopedic here, this is just statistics without any real relevance or encyclopedic context. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 02:17, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 02:17, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete - this is just tables of manufacturing data, hardly useful - and outdated. You're better off looking for the data in an actual database instead. In my opinion, wiping the slate clean and making an article on how steam locomotives are produced would be a better use of the space. Kirbanzo  (talk - contribs) 02:23, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Agreed that your suggestion would be a worthwhile article. Once TNT is applied here, I'd have no objection to someone starting such an article at this title or a similar one. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 15:21, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. --Vaco98 (talk) 02:31, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. If both of the tables were removed, there would be no encyclopedic content left. Even assuming that someone were to write locomotive-production tables for the rest of the world, that would violate WP:NOTDIRECTORY. I agree with Kirbanzo that an article about the specifics of manufacturing steam locomotives would be more appropriate. Epicgenius (talk) 03:01, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. I could maybe see a place for the tables (or more likely summarised version) as part of an encyclopaedic article about the history of locomotive production in the United States, but that is not this article. I agree Kirbanzo about what this title should be used for - indeed that's what I expected to find when seeing this title in the article alerts list. Thryduulf (talk) 12:18, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete - the article at a point where it would need to be completely swept clean, as per Kirbanzo. XtraJovial (talk) 18:07, 18 March 2022 (UTC)


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