Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/(Ordinary) Express (train)

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 Redirect to Northerner (train). I don't see obvious mergeable content that isn't already in the Northerner article, but the edit history will be retained in case someone wants to move something or flesh out this article and recreate it. ~ trialsanderrors 06:33, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] (Ordinary) Express (train)

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(contested prod) Redundant, copy of Northerner, but highlighting the original nickname of 2 trains. I'd suggest merge, but since that same information is in Northerner, there is really nothing to merge, so I say delete. Diez2 06:51, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

• Keep: This article can be fleshed out as the Ordinary Express had a pretty long history (we're talking decades here) before it was replaced by the Northerner in the 1970s. I don't really want to put work into the article if it's only going to be deleted anyway, but if there's a chance of saving it, I'll get out my sources. and see what information I can add. - Axver 07:54, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
• Merge and Redirect the information is redundant to, and can be readily handled by, a history section in its succesor train, Northerner (train).-- danntm ^T _C 18:26, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

I disagree that an article on this train is redundant. The Ordinary Express actually had a longer lifetime than the Northerner, so I don't see why it should be relegated to a history section of the Northerner. There is probably plenty to say about it - one of us just needs to get out some books and work on it. My previous offer stands: if there is a chance this article can be saved, I will put work into expanding it. - Axver 00:32, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

• Merge and Redirect per danntm. --Dennisthe2 23:29, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Sounds like there should be enough information out there to write a decent article on this, even though it's a short stub right now. Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 23:31, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
• Merge This article seems redundant. It really is about Northerner (train) and that's where it's appropriat to merge to. --Oakshade 00:02, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
• Merge per above points. Sharkface217 05:16, 7 December 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.