Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge


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The result was procedural close as article is on main page. Non-admin closure. JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 18:05, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge

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Non-notable. I removed one reference which was a post by Kota which didn't even mention ACTE. Most of the rest of the references are primary sources; Kota's own university faculty pages, and a publicity piece by NASA. Yes, they test flew his idea, but they test fly lots of stuff and a test flight doesn't make it notable. I didn't evaluate the Fox News reference beyond noting it was Fox News and dismissing it for that reason.

I can't find anyplace that supports the claim of 12% fuel savings; the only mention is in the Times of India article, which is a short local boy makes good human-interest article about Kota and only cites unnamed aeronautical experts worldwide.

I know this made the front page under DYK, but that just makes me wonder about the quality of the DYK review process. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:26, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions.  B E C K Y S A Y L E S  16:22, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
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