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The result was keep. Clear WP:SNOW. (non-admin closure) gidonb (talk) 13:04, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Indian Railways[edit]

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Indian Railways page should be deleted because the content of the Rail Transport of India and Indian Railways is same and also if it differs is only in the orginization info. which can be added as section in Rail Transport of India page seperately. Bhagwan22 (talk) 17:00, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Bhagwan22 (talk) 17:08, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Companies, Transportation, and Delhi. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 17:29, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Well-sourced; one article as mentioned by the nom is about the company, the other is about the history of rail in India. Two different things. Oaktree b (talk) 18:18, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The two articles cover different material. As Rail transport in India points out, "Majority of the metro urban rail networks are operated by independent bodies constituted for the purpose of the respective operations. Private owned rails exist in few places, mostly used to connect freight to the integrated rail network. Inter-city rail services are operated primarily by Indian Railways though efforts have been made to introduce privately operated trains as recently as 2022." Eastmain (talk • contribs) 18:19, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep While much of Indian Railways forms a subset of Rail transport in India, the first article is about the company with a few sections pertaining exclusively to it in detail. The rail transport is a generic article and as IR was and is not the only railway operator, it needs to exist as a standalone article detailing the history and other rail transport in India. Magentic Manifestations (talk) 01:38, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Article stats and history — Total edits: 6,711; editors: 2,803; 30-day pageviews: 66,844; article created: 2004-05-15 (19+ years ago). Do we really want to get rid of this one? Maybe check with some of those 2,800+ editors? --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 04:05, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

then I think it should be merged and kept as seperate section that's the conclusion if u all agree Bhagwan22 (talk) 04:06, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The articles don't cover the same things as others have mentioned, and needs to be separate. S5A-0043^Talk 14:13, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Obviously, different scope which justifies the existence of both articles. Rail transport in India also covers the history before Indian Railways, and the Indian Railways article doesn't include metro/commuter services run by cities or the existence of several private railways in the country. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 16:11, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep the articles are different as noted with several editors above. Royal88888 (talk) 06:20, 23 January 2024 (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.