- 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 delete. Liz Read! Talk! 19:53, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
One Rail Australia east coast divestiture business
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This article was initially proposed for discussion on the Talk page for its previous name, One Rail Australia (East Coast). Some elements of the article were misleading so the article was subsequently edited to more accurately describe the subject pending a decision on deletion.
Background (see One Rail Australia article for details):
- Rail operator Aurizon purchased the assets of One Rail Australia on 29 July 2022.
- The company regulator mandated a condition of its approval of the sale: One Rail Australia's assets related to its bulk haulage on Australia's east coast were to be divested by Aurizon.
- Research has not revealed any incorporated business undertaking the divestiture task; it could well be a business unit with a chinese wall shielding against the rest of Aurizon's management, or another arrangement not publicly available.
- The divestiture business (the term used by the company regulator) will cease once One Rail Australia's east coast assets are disposed of by way of sale or demerger to Aurison shareholders.
- The One Rail Australia article contains all the information in the article proposed for deletion.
The main reasons for proposing the article's deletion are that the business is ephemeral and not notable in its own right, and that all information in the article is already in the parent company's article.
Accordingly, I propose deletion. Simon – SCHolar44 🇦🇺 💬 at 12:24, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
- Support - "One Rail Australia (East Coast)" appears to be a fabrication. Evidence indicates 1Rail continues to exist (now under Aurizon ownership), just without the SA/NT operations which were transferred directly to Aurizon. – Nick Mitchell 98 talk 14:37, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. Article also violates WP:NOTNEWS. Presidentman talk · contribs ( Talkback) 16:07, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
- ?Merge - The reason I created the One Rail Australia (East Coast) page was that I thought it best that the existing One Rail Australia page covered the period between 1997 (when ASR was formed and bought the remnants of AN) & 29 July 2022 (the day Aurizon acquired ORA). This page was meant to be a stop-gap page for the east coast business (which is still trading as ORA) until it is sold, at which point it would be either re-named or merged to a different page.
- We could merge/keep the east coast business in the One Rail Australia page under its own heading for the time being, adding a note that this section would be transferred/removed once the Divestiture Business has been sold/de-merged. Thoughts? MatthewH01 ( talk) 08:38, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
- 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.