Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toronto buses and trolley buses

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 near unanimous keep. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 01:28, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Toronto buses and trolley buses

wikipedia is not a bus schedule --DarkAudit 15:33, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. And neither is this article. Is this a good faith nomination? -- Slowmover 15:37, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment Yes it is and yes it is. The entire second half of the artcle is a list of bus routes. --DarkAudit 15:43, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
    • A section of the article is a list of bus routes. Admittedly not very useful, the section could be deleted. The rest of the article has good content even if it's not top quality, per Scorpiondollprincess. -- Slowmover 16:09, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep while the article is set up a little strangely, it is not just a bus schedule WilyD 15:50, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Article is well-sourced and verifiable. Could be cleaned-up some and better organized. But this article provides information on the history, automotive technology, garage facilities, shelters, appearances in film, and experimental bio-fuels programs of busses in Toronto. This is much more than just a bus schedule. Maybe tag for cleanup, but definitely keep. Scorpiondollprincess 16:04, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. per Scorpiondollprincess. —dima ^/sb.tk/ 16:16, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Wikipedia is not a map. 132.205.93.19 19:06, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Note. Anon editor with no edits before today. -- Slowmover 19:17, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Useful article. --Usgnus 19:47, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
• The article is an extensive and non-trivial overview of all aspects of the Toronto Transit Commission's bus and streetcar system. Not only is it not just a schedule; no part of the article is even attempting to be a schedule at all. (A schedule would include what times a bus is expected at which bus stop, not just a quick list of what the names of the routes are.) A bit of cleanup is certainly needed — as it always is on any article User:Fat pig73 has had any significant hand in creating — but there's no meaningful or legitimate reason to delete this. Keep. Bearcat 19:52, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Substantive article. Wikipedia deletionists are a problem; they have a responsibility to give full and convincing arguments for deleting an article from a site with no size restrictions that aims to be an actual “encyclopedia.” No such argument was given. – joeclark 22:31, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep per Joeclark. --Arnzy ^{(whats up?)} 22:54, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
• Snowy Speedy Keep and close. BoojiBoy 00:13, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure WP:SNOW doesn't really apply here, and I'm not sure there's any criterion for a speedy keep. WilyD 02:05, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep with cleanup. The formatting of the article is a bit perplexing, so obviously needs work. Some sections could be superfluous, but the article as a whole is useful.--Mako 03:21, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep with major cleanup. Written by and for trainspotters, but including too much info about bus routes and numbers which are largely unimportant and difficult to maintain. 'History' section is OK but perhaps only a stub, but who cares if "The 58 Malton and 192 Airport Rocket operate approx. Mon-Sat 6am-1am and Sunday 8am-1am, the 307 and 300A making up the rest of the time"?. The 'roster' has relevance for the really anally retentive only, but is als worthy of keeping. The 'current bus route' section and trolley bus 'loops' should be dseleted, and replaced with a 2 sentence summary about their existence. Ohconfucius 03:40, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, overall the article is encyclopedic, but some information on the bus routes and lists should be removed and list only notable routes. --Terence Ong _{(Chat | Contribs)} 07:06, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. When you nominate an article for deletion, please do not insinuate that the article is something that it clearly is not. Fg2 09:58, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Blizzard Close But clearly? Not at all. It's still mostly a list of bus routes. --DarkAudit 14:17, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

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.