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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 keep‎. Owen× 23:06, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Fails GNG. Of the three sources, one is a trivial mention and two do not mention the station at all. A BEFORE search does not find anything more substantial. My bold redirect to Clarence Railway was removed by the article's creator. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:50, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Garuda3@Necrothesp@UkPaolo: The additional sources that have been added still do not add up to a GNG pass. None of the sources have significant coverage of the station: three of the six don't mention it at all, and the other three have only trivial mentions or a few bullet points. See the source analysis:


Source assessment table: prepared by User:Pi.1415926535
Source Independent? Reliable? Significant coverage? Count source toward GNG?
https://books.google.com/books?id=VE5CAQAAIAAJ&q=stillington+railway+station+clarence+railway Yes Yes No Trivial mentions of the location No
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-61853202 Yes Yes No Does not mention the station No
https://books.google.com/books?id=1xdKAQAAMAAJ&q=stillington+railway+station+clarence+railway Yes Yes ~ The article mentions the subject briefly, but does not offer much detail ~ Partial
https://books.google.com/books?id=8TEEAAAAQAAJ&q=stillington+railway+station+clarence+railway Yes Yes No Does not mention the station No
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/20205553.rail-stations-open-north-east-2035/ Yes Yes No Does not mention the station No
https://www.stillington-whitton.com/history.php Yes Yes ~ The article mentions the subject briefly, but does not offer much detail ~ Partial
This table may not be a final or consensus view; it may summarize developing consensus, or reflect assessments of a single editor. Created using {{source assess table}}.

We don't arbitrarily keep articles that fail GNG simply because other articles link to them. When there's a set of existing articles that are very similar, yes, it makes sense to discuss them as a group for consistency (especially if they're marginal on notability). But that's not the case here - this is a newly created article that's a clear GNG fail, and there's no consistency with nearby articles (some of which are at AfD, and others absolutely would not survive AfD). Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:03, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    • @Pi.1415926535 I've been around a while, I do understand how this place operates, and I do hear what you're saying and your concerns. I nevertheless respectfully retain my opinion that this article should be kept, and that our encyclopedia is improved for so-doing. Personally I do find the article to be consistent with articles on other stations on the line, and would be annoyed by the inconsistency of deleting one of these seemingly quite arbitrarily. Clearly folks are entitled to disagree, and express opposing views; that's the purpose of these AfD discussions after all. I'm not sure it is entirely reasonable to state other articles "absolutely would not survive AfD" though, this one appears to be surviving quite well so far... UkPaolo/talk 16:51, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per WP: Consistency and per WP: Notable. As it's got coverage in quite a few books and articles. DragonofBatley (talk) 17:04, 11 June 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.