Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hon-Atsugi Station

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. - Mailer Diablo 04:22, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hon-Atsugi Station

Delete Small not notable station with Directory-type listing against WP#DIR--Shakujo 08:49, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Don't delete Important commuter station for Tokyo. 140.000 passengers a day make it the fifth largest of the 70 stations on Odakyu-Odawara line. Furthermore this is an article being translated from the not-at-all short Japanese article. More information besides the listings are currently being added. Bamse 09:00, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This station is moderately important at best, but if we start listing all the so-called important stations then we will end up with a directory. If deletion is completly unacceptable then this could be easily merged into the main article. There might be a case for this article in the 日本語 site but if we have translated articles in the english wiki with the details of every station in the world with similiar passenger numbers then wiki will melt-down.--Shakujo 09:16, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep there are many articles about stations, some quite minor. Why delete this one? Totnesmartin 13:09, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Lacks sources to prove notability. The fact that Wikipedia has lots of other nonnotable mass transit stations is the Pokemon argument and fails to prove this one should be kept. Edison 17:22, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - 500 Google results is better than some. And Edison: "The fact that Wikipedia has lots of other nonnotable mass transit stations..." is sufficient argument for a keep. If you intend to single this one out, then state reason as to why it is necessary to single this out - from numerous smaller ones. And Shakujo: if you intend to stop a station directory here, then perhaps a specific policy could be made to that note.martianlostinspace 20:13, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, it is not sufficient argument for a keep. It is the dreaded Pokémon Test, and says nothing to address the state of the article in question. I don't know where it's ended up these days, but we used to have a page somewhere called Wikipedia:No binding decisions (might have been absorbed by WP:CCC), which effectively says that outside of the ArbCom, there is no such thing as precedent on Wikipedia. For instance, the article in its current state says nothing about its importance on the network, or its history. In fact, it says absolutely nothing. ~~Delete unless cleaned up~~. Chris cheese whine 21:31, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Striking previous as article was cleaned up in the meantime. Chris cheese whine 10:27, 21 February 2007 (UTC) [reply]
Keep, of course. Useful, encyclopedic article. Fg2 01:48, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Please expand from the existing Japanese Wiikipedia article. --Eastmain 03:25, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Encyclopedic entry of primary station in a city of over 200,000 population. The Japan Wikipedia article is very extensive and expanded as this English one can be. --Oakshade 17:01, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - There are thousands of little station stubs out there. Just because there isn't much there now (i don't speak/read/etc Japanese) is no reason to start deleting all the small station articles. Pickle 17:57, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This is a major station on the Odakyu Line serving as a terminal for some train services. It is also a bus terminal/transit hub for long distance buses. There is room for further expansion of the article and should not be deleted. --Polaron | Talk 21:52, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above arguments. Notability is not a criterion for deletion. Mackensen (talk) 00:30, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Votes to delete here don't reflect the general importance of stations in Japan, which may be greater than in many other countries. I added a couple of references in Japanese to verify statements in the article. Dekimasu が... 05:55, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:BIAS regarding relative notability of train stations in various locations as noted by User:Dekimasu, and completely against the second argument made by User:Shakujo above (9:16, Feb 16), that it is sufficient for the Japanese wikipedia but not here. Neier 13:05, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, obviously. Important station. --Apoc2400 11:45, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Paper encyclopedias in Norway have articles on stations like Haugastøl which the railway schedule says has a total of two trains per day in each direction. A commuter station like this must have scores of trains each day and probably serves many more people than that. Subway and commuter train stations are important and reasonably fixed features in a transportation network and perfectly notable. Sjakkalle (Check!) 13:09, 19 February 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.