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General Code of Operating Rules

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Fails WP:GNG and is mostly copy/pasted from one source. Ironmatic1 (talk) 03:33, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Ironmatic1 (talk) 03:33, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. This deletion request fails on at least two levels: (a) First, a standard that is applied by a major subset of an industry is per se relevant. This is e.g. also true for all ISO standards, and also all major laws. It is not necessary by WP standards that the amount of secondary literature about a subject is used as a indicator of the relevance - adoption of something in the real world by itself can make it relevant. (b) But additionally, there are thousands of documents citing and using the GCOR; first of all of course derived rulebooks, but then many FRA documents e.g. about accidents or incidents, and also secondary literature about e.g. adherence to standards. Probably quite a few of these can be found online (FRA documents), but also scientific literature. One article I found after half a minute of googling doesn't even mention the GCOR in its literature list - it just references the GCOR as a well-known resource, and only puts the four letters and their expansion in the abbreviation list. Yet, and of course, one can doubt the quality of an article that does not try to explain why its subjects matters - but this is no reason for deletion, only for improvement. --User:Haraldmmueller 07:43, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per User:Haraldmmueller's comments. Further, encyclopedic information about GCOR is relevant to many users of Wikipedia interested in information about railways, as indicated by this article's longevity, created in 2007 and edited and improved by many Wikipedians. Truthanado (talk) 19:07, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]