Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TCDD Subdivision 3

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 redirect‎ to Turkish State Railways. If editors want to Merge any content, it is there in the page history. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:36, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TCDD Subdivision 3

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I think there are too many articles about Turkish rail. This has been tagged for years as unsourced and the Turkish article is strangely cited. If readers might wish to know the regions we could link from Turkish State Railways to https://static.tcdd.gov.tr/webfiles/userfiles/files/sebekebildirimi/2025/ing/3219.pdf where they are shown in the lowest map Chidgk1 (talk) 15:00, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Stations, Transportation, and Turkey. Chidgk1 (talk) 15:00, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: It can be summed up in the TCDD article. (Central Data Bank (talk) 18:36, 28 October 2024 (UTC))[reply]

Merge and redirect. The nominator disliking the number of articles on a topic is not a valid reason for deletion, but the subject being at present better covered in the parent article is a reason for a merge. Thryduulf (talk) 15:03, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm a bit aghast at "I think there are too many articles about Turkish rail". We should welcome new articles that meet our policies and guidelines. With that said, I don't think these districts are notable topics for Wikipedia articles. There are zero sources in this article, so the best option is a redirect to Turkish State Railways. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 20:52, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As I was making a general point rather than specific to this article I hope we and anyone else interested can continue the point you raise in your first sentence at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains#Turkey Chidgk1 (talk) 06:05, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I am no fan of the sheer quantity of uncited articles out there, but for better or for worse we can't delete existing articles solely on not having linked sources (as opposed to not being notable which is a different determination). Trainsandotherthings (talk) 22:18, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This article is not new, but I am not criticising the creator as presumably 14 years ago it was fine to create an uncited article Chidgk1 (talk) 06:09, 30 October 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.