Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Prohibited activities on public transport

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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 delete. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 07:31, 11 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Prohibited activities on public transport[edit]

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At first glance this mostly-unsourced article seems like something that could be improved by simply adding sources, but a deeper look shows that the prohibited activities are either not unique to transit (smoking, solicitation, vagrancy, disorderly conduct), unremarkable (audio devices, mobile phones, space considerations) or better covered elsewhere (photography, eating and drinking, bicycles). I just don't see the potential for a coherent or useful article here. –dlthewave ☎ 05:34, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete This is a completely pointless article. Everything covered in this artcle is already covered somewhere else.User:DLthewave is correct in that these activities are not unique to transit. Sadly a lot of work went into this article. Maybe speedy delete this one?Super (talk) 05:57, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as per nom. Even if the article were sourced, it would be unlikely that said sources would focus on the fact that there are activities prohibited on public transport. WikiJoeB (talk) 06:42, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: This is an unsourced essay of some kind. As per User:Supercopone, this is pointless. --Whiteguru (talk) 08:02, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Obvious original research. Ajf773 (talk) 10:49, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. In addition to the above, the rules on what is and isn't prohibited differ between systems, let alone between countries. For example even on just the London Underground the rules on bicycles are not as simple as yes/no - folded bicycles are allowed at any time, non-folding bicycles are allowed on some parts of the network at off-peak times and not at all on other parts. There is likely an article on the history of smoking on public transport in the United Kingdom, but this would not make a good start on that. Thryduulf (talk) 11:53, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Per above arguments. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 15:52, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Yeah, these are basically run-of-the-mill prohibited activities. These prohibitions are found not only on public transport, making a specific article like this unnecessary. This article looks like unsourced synthesis in general; one of the only two sources that are present is talking about smoking in the workplace. Even if these activities are sourced, the article would still have the problem that these bans just aren't specific to public transport and should just be upmerged somewhere and deleted. – Epicgenius (talk) 19:13, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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