Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wellington to Nantwich Railway


 * 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 was keep. There is no consensus to delete. Should anyone wish to pursue a merge, this should be proposed on the article talk pages. Michig (talk) 09:29, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

Wellington to Nantwich Railway

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Contested WP:PROD. Concern was: We already have articles Wellington and Drayton Railway and Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway - this one is redundant to those. Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 18:32, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:36, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:36, 19 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Comment JoshuaIsTheFalco deprodded this with the edit summary: "I request this page remain because it helps to cover a line which was at first two separate railways but then merged into one and remained that way till closure. Instead of two separate articles, This will help to improve both the knowledge of the former railway, it has already the information of both railways and is more easier to read as it is all in one article and not two separate ones." Thryduulf (talk) 19:00, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment iff this is deleted (and I am at present undecided on the merits of this) then it should be replaced with a disambiguation page linking to the other articles as the name is well used in sources. Thryduulf (talk) 19:00, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment, someone needs to dig around to see what these lines were called back in the day they were open. I suspect this is a synthesis of two separate lines, but can't tell for sure. Szzuk (talk) 18:17, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
 *  Delete Neutral. The situation seems to be that these two railways were created separately around the 1860s, and were notionally if not practically separate until the 1890s before formally joining. I think this is a delete based upon the references in this new article all mentioning the separate lines, indicating it is a content fork, it is well intentioned but not needed. I don't think we can create a disambiguation page because they require articles with the same name which these don't have. A better option would be a delete and redirect to either line with a hatnote on the other. \ Szzuk (talk) 18:51, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm switching to neutral, it is a marginal call so i'm erring on the do nothing side. Szzuk (talk) 14:50, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ad Orientem (talk) 00:26, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. Yes, the line was indeed formed from two independent railways which both already have articles, but after the GWR took over it was treated as a single route under that name, as explained in the book Shropshire Railways.  Quite properly, Wikipedia has a page for its GWR and later BR incarnations, and separate pages for the two independent nineteenth century companies that formed the components of the line. The only sensible way of having just one page would be to merge everything else here.  I don't think that is necessary, but in any case, it would still be a keep. SpinningSpark 13:34, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per Spinningspark. It's possible that there needs to be some reorganisation of material between the three articles and/or a merge, but in the latter case this would be the target article and the others would be redirects. Thryduulf (talk) 17:37, 27 October 2018 (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.