Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion/Log/2007/October/6

MBTA-stub /

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the stub template and/or category above. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the template's or category's talk page (if any).  No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was delete

Unproposed, badly named, and unnecessary. is not yet at a splitting level, and even if it was, there are far more viable subtypes than this (BART is a far more likely contender, for instance, as are by-country splits of some parts of Europe and Asia). In any case, the name is poor, to say the least (the permcat parent is not, and nor should it be, and the template name is equally poor). At the very least this neds a rename and upmerge, though its existence overall is very questionable. Grutness...wha?  00:35, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
 * The MBTA operates rapid transit, light rail/streetcars, and buses. Where would you merge it? --NE2 06:49, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Good point. Delete.  Alai 15:52, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep because this template isn't any different than SEPTA-stub, Paris-metro-stub, Washington-Metro-stub, MTR-stub, etc. I don't see how it would be renamed, nor do I see why its existence would be questioned.  I mean, it's only in a few articles right now because it was just recently created, but there are tons of other stub articles out there that can use this template, but I just haven't gotten around to adding it to all of them. – Dream out loud  (talk) 17:48, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, that's the rub. There aren't "tons" of stub articles that could use it. In fact, there seem to be well below the required threshold for a stub type (a threshold which should have been reached before the creation of this stub type, BTW). As to the other types you mentioned,  is a subcategory of, and has over 200 stubs. MTR-stub has as its category , and also has an equivalently named permcat parent, and has 66 stubs.  is not a subcategory of the non-existent , and has four stubs. Spot the difference. The number of articles in  make it look like there would be a large number of stubs, but many of the stations are in several of the subcategories, since they are on several different transil lines. Cattersect shows only 21 current stubs that would take this stub type, even checking all the subcategories of the permcat and several other categories which are only tangentially related to it. The threshold is 60. BTW, to answer NE2's point, bus systems that are part of a rapid transit network (as in this case) usually get the standard rapid transit stub template (metro-stub). Let's face it,  was created as a subcategory of that stub type to start with. Grutness...wha?  23:14, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the template's or category's talk page (if any). No further edits should be made to this section.