Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Minor bus operators in England

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The result was keep. -- Cirt (talk) 00:08, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Minor bus operators in England[edit]

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A list of non-notable bus companies with no content information and which doesn't serve as a navigational aid. A while back I did some work to improve this, but looking at it again I'm fairly convinced it breaches WP:NOT#DIR. Alzarian16 (talk) 11:17, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The info on this page is sourced (there are like 40 or so references). trainfan01 August 25, 2010 (UTC)

That's indeed true (although every reference is a primary source), but how does it meet WP:NOTDIR? It's a directory of the addresses of companies that don't have articles! Alzarian16 (talk) 15:23, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep WP:LSC specifically contemplates such lists: "Every entry in the list fails the notability criteria. These lists are created explicitly because most or all of the listed items do not warrant independent articles: for example, List of minor characters in Dilbert or List of paracetamol brand names." This leaves the question whether a comprehensive list of minor bus lines is notable. While I generally don't employ WP:OTHERSTUFF exists arguments, a list of actual minor bus lines in England seems to me to be at least as notable as a list of fictional minor characters in a work of art. The selection criteria are bounded and well-defined and self-published sources are considered WP:RS for information about themselves unless they are self-serving or there is some reason to doubt them. Abby Kelleyite (talk) 23:58, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:39, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:39, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:39, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per AbbyKellyite's reasoning, but consider expanding the scope to all bus operators. This appears to be the only article listing bus operators by region, and a list of all operators in the region might make more sense than a list that only include those that don't qualify for Wiki notability. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 17:35, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The information is not available elsewhere in Wikipedia and I don't see why the article should be deleted just to satisfy some narrow interpretation of the rules. Biscuittin (talk) 19:29, 29 August 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.