Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brooksville Railroad Depot Museum

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The result was speedy keep (nominator withdrawn) (non-admin closure) — Alpha3031 (t • c) 05:34, 21 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Brooksville Railroad Depot Museum[edit]

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Article, created by a blocked sock, has lacked any sources for the last four years. A BEFORE search on Google News, JSTOR, and newspapers.com finds no references to "Brooksville Railroad Museum" or "Brooksville Railroad Depot Museum" and only a single, incidental, one-sentence ref to the "Brooksville Train Depot Museum" [1]. A check on the American Alliance of Museum's website indicates this is an unaccredited museum. Fails GNG. Chetsford (talk) 21:56, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Hernando Sun, Tampa Bay Times, and the linked website seem to refer to it as "1885 Train Depot Museum." Bakazaka (talk) 22:13, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep ~~Redirect~~ and move to 1885 Train Depot Museum and withdraw AFD as nom. Thanks to Bakazaka, it appears this has coverage under a different name entirely which is both its actual and common name and "Brooksville Railroad Depot Museum" is not actually its name but a description used by the article's creator (i.e. "the railroad museum in Brooksville") which is why it's not showing up in BEFORE. We should probably move it to its actual and common name "1885 Train Depot Museum". Chetsford (talk) 22:44, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That call for "Redirect and move" should be interpreted IMHO to be a "Keep" vote, albeit with a request for renaming. But "1885 Train Depot Museum" is not a great name; there were lots of depots built in 1885 including, e.g. Louisville and Nashville Depot (Nashville, Illinois), and some of them are museums. I bet that review of sources can find "Brookville" is part of a legitimate name. --Doncram (talk) 22:59, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I think you're correct. I've amended above. Chetsford (talk) 23:06, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, and possibly move if a consensus for rename happens to emerge here, and if not a wp:RM can be opened at the Talk page. There seem to be sources, and in general museums open to the public are notable (see essay wp:ITSACASTLE). I disagree with those who think all railway depots are notable, but this is more notable than others for having survived since 1885. By the way I looked at National Register of Historic Places listings in Hernando County, Florida and it seems NOT to be individually NRHP-listed, and also seems not be within any NRHP-listed historic district in Brookville (per map in NRHP doc, it is not in South Brooksville Avenue Historic District). --Doncram (talk) 22:59, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Florida-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 01:22, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Museums and libraries-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 01:23, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The museum's proper name is probably 1885 Train Depot Museum, another possible name under WP:USSTATION is Brooksville station, although the article is primarily about the museum. Former train stations are presumed to be notable. Mackensen (talk) 11:09, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Former train stations are presumed to be notable. - I'm not familiar with this policy. For my edification, could you wikilink it? Chetsford (talk) 11:25, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It's not a policy, but rather a common outcome of these discussions; see WP:RAILOUTCOMES. It's based on the theory that any station which existed for more than a decade or two will have received enough coverage to meet the GNG. Mackensen (talk) 13:20, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Good to know - thank you! Chetsford (talk) 16:44, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per above comments on notability of museums and train stations. No opinion on naming issue. Bakazaka (talk) 17:17, 17 August 2018 (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.