Talk:Sanday Light Railway

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I am concerned that this article exists purely to provide a commercial link to the owner's business. Can it be recommended for deletion? 81.129.175.66 17:53, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

While the article as it currently stands needs to be improved, there is no doubt that this railway meets notability. In particular it has multiple mentions in reliable sources. It would be sensible to quote a couple of those and expand the article, but having articles on commercial subjects is fine as long as they are notable. You could propose deletion or ask for this to be discussed at articles for deletion but I'm fairly certain it would not be deleted as a result.
I'll try to dig out some specific references to add to the article. Other editors are welcome to do the same, of course. Best, Gwernol 18:36, 21 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Proposal for deletion

As stated on the railway's own website [1] , the Sanday Light Railway has closed. Furthermore, in the national press it has been reported (among other things) that dismantling has started, see e.g. [2]. Therefore I propose that this article is redundant and should be deleted. Scrumpo 10:31, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't follow the logic here. This railway has been covered in a number of sources and if it is being lifted then it simply becomes a historic railway. We do not delete articles because their subject no-longer exists - many articles are historic. /wangi 10:37, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Therefore I have edited the article to put it into the past tense. I'm not sure now about the categories, however. Is there a former railways category? I have given a link to one of the myriad media articles on the closure, but I leave it to others to fill in the details in the article. Scrumpo 14:26, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Filling in of details of railway's closure

Please note that I am an "other" that has undertaken to "to fill in the details in the article" as requested by Scrumpo above. 88.109.209.178 22:45, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

And thanks for that, but please do not introduce personal commentary into the article since it violates our core policy on maintaining a neutral point of iew in articles. Thanks, Gwernol 23:57, 12 March 2007 (UTC)