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 delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 22:30, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Western Province (Sri Lanka) bus routes[edit]

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We're not a travel guide, there's nothing notable about any of these routes, and most of it appears to be original research Ajf773 (talk) 19:52, 16 March 2018 (UTC) I am also nominating the following related pages because they are similar in nature to the first article:[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Ajf773 (talk) 19:52, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. Ajf773 (talk) 19:52, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Ajf773 (talk) 19:52, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Noting two previous deletion discussions:

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Colombo Bus Routes. The article Colombo Bus Routes was moved to List of bus routes in Colombo) and then to Western Province (Sri Lanka) bus routes.

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of bus routes in Lahore, which included all five articles listed above.

--Malcolmxl5 (talk) 21:55, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep. I strongly believe WP:NOTTRAVEL does not apply here. The article does cite Lonely Planet, but the link is dead, but here's all that's in Lonely Planet regarding bus routes: [1] WP:NOTTRAVEL is far too often used for transportation articles that have nothing to do with being a travel guide. That being said, that doesn't change the notability question. A BEFORE search for Colombo Bus Routes doesn't bring up all that many sources on the routes themselves, but do show Bus Transport in Colombo could be a notable article just using English-language sources if it does not already exist, and these routes a valid spinoff. However, the article does need a lot of improvement, and maybe WP:TNT is the best option. SportingFlyer talk 00:53, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete all. Lists of bus routes do not belong in Wikipedia. Compare Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Bangalore bus routes, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Bus Routes in Jiangmen City, China, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of C-TRAN (Washington) bus routes, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Centrebus bus routes, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of MCTS Bus Routes, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of National Express Coventry bus routes, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of National Express Dundee bus routes, and others. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:27, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

See also articles that have been kept, for instance Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of bus routes in Malta; Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bus routes in Newcastle, New South Wales; Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of key MBTA bus routes; Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of King County Metro bus routes; Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of bus routes in Singapore and there's also Category:Lists of bus routes in the United States. There is definitely a place for these lists on Wikipedia - the question is, are the lists notable? SportingFlyer talk 05:41, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

In further support of my delete recommendation, I would note that Western Province (Sri Lanka) bus routes has exactly two sources cited -- one of which is a broken link, and the other of which supports a sentence in the intro but has no bearing on the list that makes up most of the article. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 19:13, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete List of bus routes fails GNG. Deathlibrarian (talk) 02:27, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per NOTBUSGUIDE - Info like this becomes outdated rather quickly and unfortunately all changes (and service numbers) aren't reported on individually and so as such these all fail GNG. –Davey2010^Talk 04:25, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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