Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hampi Airport

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. -- Cirt (talk) 01:06, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hampi Airport

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Just a single sentence cannot make an article complete Abhishek191288 (talk) 16:23, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The principal of a Wikipedia stub is that while short, it could be expanded in the future. Bob talk 19:42, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Not exactly sure what the nom means by "cannot make an article complete." As Bob said, it's a valid stub. It can be expanded. When was the airport built? What's the history of the airport? What's the traffic stats? What are the airlines and destinations? Are there plans to expand it? --Oakshade (talk) 19:48, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:55, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:56, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep as above. Shyamsunder (talk) 20:11, 12 October 2010 (UTC) .[reply]
Keep per above. Nothing wrong with stubs, and the topic is valid. TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 20:36, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep It's a currently-open airport, therefore it deserves an article. Needing improvement is not a reason to delete. Mjroots (talk) 06:16, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WP:AIRPORTS notified. Mjroots (talk)

Keep - Paved airports with international codes are likely all notable. Shadowjams (talk) 08:07, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect. A careful reading of the source that I added shows that it is actually about Bellary Airport, which serves Hampi (see under "Hampi Basics" near the bottom). Phil Bridger (talk) 09:13, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:NOEFFORT. There is no deadline to expand it from its stub status, and under no circumstances should this be deleted just because it remains a stub for a long time. Sebwite (talk) 04:27, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep per Oakshade and TheCatalyst31 Admrboltz (talk) 17:50, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Could any of those calling for "keep" or "speedy keep" provide any evidence that a "Hampi Airport" exists, other than as an occasionally used name for Bellary Airport, about which we already have an article? Phil Bridger (talk) 18:25, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If this is the case, we can always merge it, even without an AfD. Sebwite (talk) 21:42, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, of course, but now that we're at AfD with more eyes on the subject than are ever likely to appear at the article talk page we might as well make that decision here. I would point out I am the editor who added the only substantive content to the article, but have since noticed that the source that I was using is about Bellary Airport rather than Hampi Airport. Phil Bridger (talk) 21:55, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, IATA and ICAO code would help establish whether or not we are talking about one or two airports. Mjroots (talk) 08:56, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've tried searching these databases and found nothing for Hampi. Phil Bridger (talk) 09:05, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Request relist this AFD so that it runs another seven days, to allow time for resolving the issue of whether on not Hampi Airport is the same as Bellary Airport. Mjroots (talk) 08:56, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:17, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisting comment. There seems to be some doubt as to which airport we're talking about here so let's give this a few more days. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:18, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, seems to be an entirely valid stub about an airport in India. JIP | Talk 07:33, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, just. Being a stub article is fine as long the subject is notable. An airport is notable - however there are concerns as to whether this is actually Bellary Airport. I looked into it - google gave up little, but on this website, both airports are listed. It seems to be an airport that nobody knows about and that only a two-bit budget operator flies to. Maybe Ryanair should check it out. The article could benefit from someone at at an appropriate Wikiproject looking at it. Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 07:52, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That source says that both Bellary and Hampi are served by Air Deccan, but the site that the airline itself redirects to for bookings doesn't list Hampi as a destination.[1] (click on the drop-down menu for departure city). Phil Bridger (talk) 18:24, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Keep: I added a chart to the Airlines/Dest making it look better. It is an airport, come on. Tofutwitch11 ^(TALK) 18:01, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

But is it an airport? I still haven't seen a reliable source saying that it is, and I have linked to two comprehensive databases above that don't list it as an airport. Phil Bridger (talk) 18:24, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Bellary Airport. As Phil mentions both references in the article are referring to Bellary Airport, which serves Hampi. I went hunting for evidence that a separate Hampi airport exists and came up empty. I did find Vidyanagar Airport which is closer to Hampi than Bellary Airport is, but it's a much smaller airport. Kmusser (talk) 20:01, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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.