Talk:Mars Hope

Proposed merge with Emirates Mars Mission
These articles seem to cover similar topics, and it seems like they should be merged. -&copy;2016 Compassionate727( Talk )( Contributions ) 17:21, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Response to Proposed Merger with Emirates Mars Mission
All relevant information including the 'Infobox' has been added to 'Emirates Mars Mission' article, and redirection has been applied on 'Mars Hope' article. The actual name of the mission in 'Emirates Mars Mission' and since the probe to be sent to Mars by UAE is named as 'Hope Probe' that's the mission is also known as 'Hope Mars Mission'; therefore, it is more appropriate that all the information related to the mission remains in the article with correct title. Thank you for proposing the merger.Sana Amjad Kiyani (talk) 06:06, 24 March 2016 (UTC)§
 * The last thing I would suggest before we call the merge finished is that we import the remaining references as well. -&copy;2016 Compassionate727( Talk )( Contributions ) 12:40, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

I don't have any opinion on which article should be retained, but it doesn't make sense to have two articles about the same mission. Worse, the content of the two articles disagree.

For example, the Emirates Mars Mission article says "The mission is being carried out by a team composed solely of Emirati engineers, and is a contribution towards a knowledge-based economy in the UAE" (although the reference doesn't quite support this.) In contrast, the Mars Hope article says they plan to "collaborate with the University of Colorado, the University of California, Berkeley and the Arizona State University.", which is in fact what they are doing.

I think there should only be one article about a given mission, since it isn't realistic to keep different articles consistent, and the duplication simply causes confusion.

Fcrary (talk) 23:00, 1 September 2017 (UTC)