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Love's Bus Service Western Australia/Queensland

@Kerry Raymond:Yesterday 9/6/2020 I created a category for Kinetic Group companies which finished up with 12 entries so was worth doing [1]. But this article has left me with some questions. The name of the operation is used in both both Queensland (Cairns) where it is now part of the Kinetic Group hence I finished up including it in the new category, and in Western Australia (Albany and Bunbury) where ownership now is not clear. The fleet lists in references 4 [2] and 5 [3] no longer exist but I did find one in Bullsbrook [4] which is a Perth suburb a long way from Albany and Bunbury. On the other hand there are sill white pages references for Love's Bus Service in both these locations. [5] and [6] The website in the article infobox relates to the Qld operation only and nothing has been found for the WA operation. So where should we go with this article?Fleet Lists (talk) 06:35, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@JarrahTree:Above for the Queensland point of view - and as you created the talk page, you may have a Western Australian point of view?Fleet Lists (talk) 06:40, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I was under the impression that the long term presence in Albany was sufficient for an article - I have literally no knowledge of mechanics of the other parts of its operations in Queensland or places other than albany... I would be hesitant to offer opinion at this stage - I have not been able to locate materials that would normally be easily available at this stage... JarrahTree 08:12, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I too must confess great ignorance of bus companies. I think I may have added some mention of a bus company which was a pioneer in opening up the Atherton Tableland to tourists, possibly in a heritage article, but on checking those articles it was Whitecars and appears to be unrelated? Kerry (talk) 00:13, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

online

is not a particularly clear method, however https://trove.nla.gov.au/search/advanced/category/newspapers?keyword.phrase=love%27s%20bus&l-title=175 the Western Australian version existed, and to change to Queensland is a nisnomner. JarrahTree 05:04, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The google generation, sigh... seemingly unaware of the existence of printed works. Ecctuite (talk) 07:30, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

a major problem with albany local history is most is in printed works, and very little has been put online - a clear issue for many localities around australia. JarrahTree 08:09, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 1 October 2020

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Consensus to move back to previous title (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 01:38, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Love's Bus Service Queensland → Love's Bus Service – undiscussed move Ecctuite (talk) 07:29, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support per earlier comments JarrahTree 08:10, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support I investigated this issue earlier this year and at that stage felt that a rename to Love's Bus Service Queensland was not appropriate.Fleet Lists (talk) 08:22, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Bjenks (talk) 09:04, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Broken into Separate entities for the Qld entity related to ABN:94065794943 https://abr.business.gov.au/AbnHistory/View?id=94065794943 you can see various QLD based companies and it very sepecifically has queensland in its name, for the WA companies theres LOVES BUS SERVICE ALBANY PTY LTD ABN:18 628 239 556, Loves Bus Service ABN:68008682013 https://abr.business.gov.au/AbnHistory/View?id=68008682013 which shows its owned by a private company called Mega Holdings that company previously held Loves Bus Service QLD until April 2020. What I see is that the QLD service was part of the Loves Bus Service but is now a separate entity with new owners... The Article Loves Bus Service should be the WA and early Queensland operations, that a new article be created with for Loves Bus Service QLD which has a history section and when it changed hands. Gnan garra 13:06, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

on notability I think both can survive on the basis of the historical WA notability, because of the split in ownership it'd be remiss to continue with the two unrelated companies covered in one article in the future. Gnan garra 13:11, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above 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.