Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sterling Airlines destinations


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The result was   keep. Discussion about merging can continue on the article's talk page (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:17, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Sterling Airlines destinations

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Redundant article - company has just gone bust. No need to have a spin off article to document previous routes. Spartaz Humbug! 07:33, 29 October 2008 (UTC) '''Disagree. Sterling's website has closed - this is the only place where journalists can get info on where passengers are stranded. ''' —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chillipeber (talk • contribs) 08:16, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 07:55, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
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 * Keep or merge and redirect to main article on company. The company has going bust doesn't mean we delete the article on the airline (Notability is not temporary). Therefore, I do not see a valid reason to delete an entry on its destinations either since it's still possible people will want to look it up.- Mgm|(talk) 09:37, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep notability is not temporary. Quite the contrary, now that the company is gone it is in the spirit of Wikipedia to retain the knowledge of the company and its operations, not delete it along with the company and its web site, making knowledge on the subject perhaps disappear. Arsenikk (talk)  11:05, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to Sterling Airlines. The information can be kept in WP but doesn't need its own article. McWomble (talk) 14:03, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep or (full) merge with Sterling Airlines. I'm not sure if this destination list is long enough to justify a separate article (generally, they have been split out for large airlines since they are long and unwieldy, but this one has only a few dozen entries), but information on where Sterling Airlines flew is definitely of relevance when covering the airline. An airline makes business by flying people from point A to point B, so the location of point A and point B matter. The one column which can be dropped from the list is "aircraft type", we don't need to be told 20 times that Sterling Airlines, with an all 737-fleet flew 737s to all their destinations. Sjakkalle (Check!)  14:58, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Possibly Merge with airline article. The list is the final list of places served.  It is not a list of all the places it ever served.  It is thus a final snapshot, not a hisotrical article.  The airline article will be worth keeping as historic.  However I doubt this one is.  Nevertheless, bankrupt businesses will sometimes rise phoenix-like.  I therefore think immediate deletion would be premature.  However if there was no rescue within (say) a month, I would suggest deletion then.  Furthermore, I do not like articles such as this that are heavily based on timetables, because they change.  The operator has an incentive to keep their site up to date; WP has none.  Peterkingiron (talk) 23:29, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep or full merge with Sterling Airlines. There is particular interest in the company at the moment - information on routes is no longer available from the company website. Pmbma (talk) 16:01, 30 October 2008 (UTC)Pmbma


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