Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of bus routes in Ely
to a list covering a larger area, List of bus routes in London, List of bus routes in Greater Manchester, List of bus routes in Derbyshire, etc all show that lists of bus routes ''are'' of encyclopaedic value. Ely is a small settlement with few bus routes, so ideally the list should encompass a wider area. However it is well established that while individual bus routes are rarely notable, collective lists of bus routes do have a place in a comprehensive encyclopaedia such as Wikipedia. Travel guides and directories do not format their lists of bus routes like this, nor do they have the scope to detail changes or history (this doesn't yet, but could easily do so - there is no deadline), so this page is ''not'' a directory. Indeed if the delete voters actually cared to read  they would see that it does not match any of the types listed
— User:Thryduulf, 11:33, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NOTDIR (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)