Talk:Lothian Buses

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Former good articleLothian Buses was one of the Engineering and technology good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
January 2, 2013Good article nomineeListed
June 7, 2023Good article reassessmentDelisted
Current status: Delisted good article

Removed this

"Unlike elsewhere in the country, Lothian operates a strict 'stacking' policy at bus stops, this is due to the large number of services calling at some stops. When multiple buses arrive for the same stop, they will queue one behind the other. The driver will usually only open the door to allow passengers to disembark but will normally close the doors immediately and will not open them again until the bus has pulled up to the front of the queue. Only then will waiting passengers be permitted to board, to ensure fairness and particularly to allow those passengers who are at the front of the queue to board first."

I have removed this now three times, the first time when it was completely unreferenced, and then again when it was referenced to this, which is a personal website or blog. Queuing for buses is not unique to Edinburgh, is not particularly common and certainly not universal in Edinburgh, and if this is the best source that can be found to back it up, I think the article is much better without this material. --John (talk) 07:21, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I actually endorse John's removal of the paragraph. When I was trying to get it to GA status I was struggling to source this part, and I see it is not something unique to Lothian so can go. Rcsprinter (gossip) @ 11:18, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Lothian Country Buses

Suggest Lothian Country Buses be merged into this article, offers little more than already covered in the relevant section of this article. Browns303 (talk) 12:06, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support merge. Subsidiary companies should be in the parent article.Charles (talk) 09:53, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per Charles - There's no need to have a seperate article which especially when the sourcing is piss poor and could easily be sent to AFD and then deleted .... Anyway support. –Davey2010Talk 14:16, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Comment Sourcing is fine with all bar one point having one, so wouldn't get through AfD on this alone. It's more that it is basically a copy of what is already included in this article. Browns303 (talk) 20:44, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

October 2016 edits

I see

IDKIWL435495‎ and Charlesdrakew have both been working on the content for Lothian Country Buses and East Coast Buses. I've attempted to reconcile the best of both versions, including a summary of routes and the tidying up. I've removed the logos for now, but they should probably be reinstated as a separate edit once they have fair use rationales specific to this article. If I've trodden on anyone's toes, I hope that you will consider permitting at least the minor uncontroversial improvements to stand, rather than just reverting wholesale. Thanks, Certes (talk) 10:52, 23 October 2016 (UTC)[reply
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Withdrawal of Skylink 300

According to an edit made by an IP editor on 19 August 2022, the withdrawal of the Skylink 300 service is "leaving communities in West Edinburgh without a direct link to the Gyle Centre and the airport." I have now deleted that statement. I'm not sure what "West Edinburgh" (with a capital W) means, but if it refers to the districts on the west side (small w) of the city, then surely they still have the Airlink 100 for the airport, not to mention the 2, 12 22 and possibly some others to the Gyle - and of course the tram to both destinations.

If I have got this wrong, feel free to revert - but preferably with a suitable citation. Mike Marchmont (talk) 12:28, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"West Edinburgh" seems to be a marketing term for proposed new housing near Gogar. That area is served by the 300, but its "community" consists mainly of livestock. Withdrawal would leave more populated areas such as Slateford, Saughton and Sighthill with no direct bus to the airport, but that sounds like original research. Certes (talk) 17:08, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the clarification, Certes. Based on what you said, I'm inclined to let the deletion stand. One of the reasons I deleted it was that it sounded like someone had an axe to grind. Mike Marchmont (talk) 18:27, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

Lothian Buses

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Result: Delisted per consensus. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 01:22, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA from 2013. Article tagged for needing additional citations because this article is very poorly cited. Onegreatjoke (talk) 05:02, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delist per nom, tried my best fixing it up once before and I really don't think this now supports GA status. Heck, by today's standards, I'm not entirely sure if it constituted it in the first place. Thank you for tagging it, anyway, as I'd planned on doing it about a year ago, but could never wrap my head around the system. Hullian111 (talk) 05:32, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delist. This article was poorly referenced when it was originally nominated for GA assessment in 2013. Re-reading my review, a huge amount of work went into ensuring that all of the article was properly referenced. In my opinion, it met the requirements for GA at the time, but at that time it was only about 44kB. It is now up to 62kB, and it appears that very few of the subsequent additions have been adequately referenced. (This seems to be an issue with quite a lot of GA articles that were reviewed a long time ago.) I think I agree that it is not at GA status in its present state, so would support delisting it. Bob1960evens (talk) 08:48, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Lothian buses took over eves coaches roundabout February.

lothian buses took over Eves coaches last month in february. It was also in the magazines. Thought I'd let you know if you want to add it in.

David 2A00:23EE:11A0:E3B0:E39D:9561:C560:A508 (talk) 18:45, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Personally, I'd say that'd fall under History of Lothian Buses#Coaches, although I'm not sure how well updated that article is anymore. Acquisition certainly seems notable enough for inclusion, if I remember correctly - Eve seemed a reasonably big bus and coach operator in the area it covered. Hullian111 (talk) 23:00, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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