Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/86 (MBTA bus)

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The result of the debate was redirect. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 21:33, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 86 (MBTA bus)

Sorry, but bus routes are not inherently encyclopedic. The MBTA article has a link to MBTA's website, however, and they will be able to provide much more up to date information about schedules and routings than Wikipedia can. Sjakkalle (Check!) 11:10, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Delete - Wikipedia is not a transit timetable. --FCYTravis 11:15, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• keep notable Chubby Chicken 15:43, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • 'Comment" - User is voting "keep notable" on every VFD under the sun. --FCYTravis 17:56, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Comment: There's a lot of this sort of thing out there. Someone has created similar articles for a number of train routes. Should we hunt those down and delete them, too? --Xcali 17:19, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • A train route is not a bus line. Train routes are inherently more stable and more encyclopedic because they generally involve physical objects - major stations and lines. Bus routes are nothing more than signs, and are easily (and frequently) changed and/or deleted at the whims of the transit authority. --FCYTravis 17:56, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. This "unpopular" route is not encyclopedic. I do see the possibility of other bus routes being encyclopedic but not most. DoubleBlue (Talk) 20:38, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• delete lacks notability --TimPope 23:04, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Merge to List of MBTA bus routes, and redirect. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 23:36, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to List of MBTA bus routes, though merging would be acceptable. -- Jonel 00:39, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect as per Jonel (Sorry about that, Chief) Grutness...wha? 00:48, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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