Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Chennai Metropolitan Bus Routes

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The result was delete. Tone 22:13, 30 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

List of Chennai Metropolitan Bus Routes[edit]

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Per WP:NOTTRAVEL, completely unsourced and nothing notable about any of the bus routes themselves or any of them as a group. Ajf773 (talk) 09:26, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Ajf773 (talk) 09:26, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Ajf773 (talk) 09:26, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Ajf773 (talk) 09:26, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Please look at the Category:Lists of bus routes' there are close to a hundred or so articles in that cat, and all of them are of equal and comparable notability as compared to this article. Since bus routes of other major cities are allowed I don't see any reason why this metro city article should be culled. The sourcing issue is solvable, since there are many many articles on this topic in English and Tamil media such as this. [1] [2] Walrus Ji (talk) 16:54, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not getting your reasoning that just because a list of bus routes in one city is notable, then somehow this one is because it fits into a specific category. Trivial coverage like the ones you've mentioned doesn't add much value to the article. Ajf773 (talk) 08:42, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Notified: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Transport, Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cities. Walrus Ji (talk) 08:56, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I request you to take a look at these discussions on similar AfDs.

WP:AFD/List of bus routes in London Closed as Keep
WP:AFD/List of bus routes in London (2nd nomination) Closed as Keep Walrus Ji (talk) 09:52, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Those articles aren't even remotely similar. Around 10-20% of the routes operated in London are notable enough to have their own article, and as there is a whole range of referenceable content relating to Buses in London the list is therefore notable. Neither of those are criteria are satisfied in the Chennai bus routes list. Both those AfD's closed over a decade ago too. Ajf773 (talk) 23:46, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- I am sure 10-20% of routes in Chennai too are notable enough to have their own article. All you need to do is start looking in Tamil language sources Walrus Ji (talk) 05:28, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Not buying the WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. This list is just a replication of the kind of poster displayed at bus-stops, no use to our readers unless they intend on hopping on a bus. Given we're not a mirror, and there's no other noted significance about the routes, historic or otherwise, i'm not seeing any encyclopedic loss should this be deleted. The prose appears to replicate the lede of Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) but with different figures. Zindor (talk) 12:32, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: There is not SIGCOV from IS RS discussing the subject as a group and the list does not serve a navigation purpose so it does not meet CLN. Wikipedia is not a bus or local travel guide. OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is not a valid argument. // Timothy :: talk 12:17, 30 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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