Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rail transport in Gibraltar

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The result was Redirect to Transport in Gibraltar. Walton^One 17:05, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rail transport in Gibraltar

There is no rail transport in Gibraltar. Having an article to state that this is the case is unnecessary. This fact can be stated in Transport in Gibraltar, as can the fact that there was once a railway in the Gibraltar dockyard. The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick^t 16:22, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. An article about nothing — Jerry Seinfeld would be proud. No context. Realkyhick 16:25, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge. State lack of rail transport in Transport in Gibraltar. Lacking context and content.--Billy 16:51, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into Transport in Gibraltar. No reason to delete when it can be easily merged. -- Chris B • talk • contribs 17:05, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per Chris.B — Timotab ^{Timothy (not Tim}^dagnabbit!) 17:30, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into Transport in Gibraltar and then delete for being a complete waste of space. Tx17777 17:53, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment As merging seems to be so popular, can anyone explain why there needs to be a redirect from "Rail transport in Gibraltar" if there is no rail transport in Gibraltar? Must there be a redirect from "Elephants of Gibraltar" (and every other mammal that does not inhabit Gibraltar) to List of mammals in Gibraltar? The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick^t 19:33, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Transport in Gibraltar. I'm usually kind to rail articles, but this railroad doesn't exist. Even if there was rail transit in Gibraltar, or even a credible proposal for such, I'd vote keep. But alas. --Oakshade 19:52, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge & redirect to a section of Transport in Gibraltar, as has been done with the (similarly railway-free) Rail transport in the Faroe Islands (without prejudice should Gibraltar acquire a station - it would be an obvious endpoint for a railway to meet the African ferries) — iridescent (talk to me!) 21:22, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Real estate is so scarce in Gibraltar, it's doubtful they'd utilize precious square footage for a right-of-way, station and auxiliary infrastructure. However, it would make sense to run a line over (or even under) water from La Línea that terminates at the port. --Oakshade 21:42, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're close - see Gibraltar Tunnel. -- Chris B • talk • contribs 07:45, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting. I was considering changing my vote, but noticed this tunnel is planned to bypass Gibraltar proper and go directly to Spain. --Oakshade 16:19, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Please realize that merging articles does not involve the deletion of the parent articles. When articles are merged, the now obsolete parent articles should be turned into redirects so that the author history is preserverd. Failing to keep track of author history of Wikipedia content is a violation of the GFDL, which is the reason why we keep the redirects rather then deleting them. --Cpt. Morgan (Reinoutr) 13:02, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, per Bears with feathered plumage. Dean Wormer 04:52, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. It seems someone followed one of the bazillion red links in the {{Rail transport in Europe}} template. --Darkwind (talk) 16:57, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 04:58, 9 September 2007 (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.