Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Trouble with Monorails

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 of the debate was delete. No Guru 14:51, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The article is essentially an unverified OR essay arguing against monorails and seems to be constructed entirely out of Weasel Words. --rehpotsirhc 22:31, 17 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Correct - I only translated it with an aim of placing the rebuttal in the discussion. I personally disagree with every single word, and wonder why our French friends keep it still. The argument is internally sound enough, but the phrasing is contentious. I only translated it, the objectionable, rather smug language, is not mine. Gordon Vigurs 22:38, 17 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete I spent some time trying to edit this down to a NPOV version, and you end up with nothing that is not already in the "Advantages and disadvantages" section of Monorail. I don't even think this is worth merging or redirecting. The article is inherently POV from its title onwards. Gwernol 23:07, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, and nominate for AfD on French Wikipedia as well. Haikupoet 02:07, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per the above. Fishhead64 02:18, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete There is already a statement in the Monorails article to the effect that switches are difficult. The point that complexity of switches has an implication regarding system cost and network flexibility is not made, but this can be done by adding a NPOV paragraph to this effect. Gordon Vigurs 06:40, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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