Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Truro bus station

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The result was keep. A decision to merge should be discussed and finalized on the article talk page. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:45, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Truro bus station[edit]

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Bus terminal with no claim of notability Delete Secret ^account 17:21, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Secret's right about that, but some of that content belongs in List of bus routes in Cornwall, so I'll go with trim and merge.—S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 18:45, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Bus stations are often notable, both as transportation hubs and (sometimes) as crime locations. Google News archive provides this cheerful item about an arrest at the Truro bus station: Penryn man used knife to catch and eat rats As well, the site of a former Truro bus station was acquired by a developer who plans to build housing there. And there is likely to be continued coverage of renovations and repairs to the bus station and the consequent disruptions to traffic and inconvenience to the public. – Eastmain (talk) 19:13, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The latter matters would fail WP:NOTNEWS. Peterkingiron (talk) 00:32, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. _{– Eastmain (talk) 19:13, 19 November 2009 (UTC)}[reply]
Not delete. At the very most, redirect to either Truro or an article about the local bus services. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 19:32, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or merge. Unlike railway stations, bus stations are not inherently notable on their own but usually they do merit a section in an appropriate wider article. As it stands I wouldn't describe the "Stands and services (with destinations)" section as fully encyclopaedic, but the rest of the article is. This encyclopaedic section were about 2/3rds it's current size I would definitely say to merge it with Truro#Transport, while if it were half as expansive again then I'd probably be of the opinion that a merge would not be the best option. As it stands though either would be appropriate. Thryduulf (talk) 22:00, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with Truro#Transport, deleting all detail on the stands and routes. These are ephemeral and liable to change periodically without notice. In railway stations, we do not specify which platform to use; so we should not for bus stnads. Peterkingiron (talk) 00:30, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- While stands are ephemeral and liable to change at a moments notice, routes generally are not. While routes can and do change, they very rarely do so without notice and can last decades with only minor changes to the routing. That said, the list of routes definitely doesn't belong on the article about Truro if this is merged there, but at List of bus routes in Cornwall/Cornwall bus routes (the two are marked for merging but a direction is not immediately clear). Thryduulf (talk) 21:16, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: per Eastmain - Ret.Prof (talk) 15:39, 25 November 2009 (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.