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The result was delete. Tone 08:04, 27 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mid Sodor Railway

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Well, as much as I liked TtTE as a child, I just don't think this is notable. The Awdry books are primary sources, so they do not establish notability. The pegnsean.net linked to in the article looks self-published and unreliable. I'd say [1] is almost certainly unreliable. This book is compiled from Wikia content. The various blogs and wikis I'm finding aren't reliable either. All the books I'm finding are either primary sources or are compiled from Wikipedia/Wikia. I can't access this [2], although I'm assuming the Sodor Railway popping up in the preview is maybe this. However, one possible hit does not a WP:GNG pass make. As popular as TtTE is, frankly, I don't think any of the survivors in Category:Railways of Sodor are notable. Hog Farm _Bacon 02:43, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect to Sodor (fictional island)#Current system (passenger). I am amazed that one can write so much about the history of railways in the Thomas the Tank Engine universe, but per the detailed analysis of the nom, there is not enough coverage out there for this to pass WP:GNG, with all sources either being primary or unreliable. Devonian Wombat (talk) 05:58, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Thime to derail this WP:OR/WP:FANCRUFT train. Redirecting to Sodor may work, but short term - nothing suggests that article should survive, either... --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:47, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. As I noted in HF's previous nomination from Category:Railways of Sodor, I agree with their suspicion that nothing in it is salvageable. Possibly time for a batch nomination? (Which I considered doing, but wasn't brave enough.) YorkshireLad ✿ ^(talk) 10:57, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete- This stuff belongs on a dedicated TtTE wiki and I very strongly urge the fans to transwiki it there. Awdry sure was good at world building, but Wikipedia is really not the place for these extremely intricate and excessively lengthy descriptions of a fictional universe. Reyk _YO! 09:35, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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