Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Extra-Terrestrial Exposure Law


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The result was   keep.  MBisanz  talk 00:23, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Extra-Terrestrial Exposure Law

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An unnotable law that seems more a trivia remark than anything of encyclopedic value. Failed PROD with prod removed without explanation by an IP. -- Collectonian  (talk · contribs) 16:59, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 12:04, 9 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep Unfortunately, when the only source of an article is snopes.com, there's not much content. This wasn't a statute, but a federal regulation, 14 CFR  §1211 and it wasn't as trivial as the article makes it seem.  When the regulation was promulgated in 1969, there was a legitimate concern about whether contaminants would be brought back from space exploration.  The astronauts returning from Apollo 11 were even quarantined as a precaution.  There's room to add more content and to provide a context that removes it from the "crazy law" category. Mandsford (talk) 13:43, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Unfortunately, when the only source of an article is snopes.com, there's not much verifiable content. - Mdsummermsw (talk) 15:40, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, there are other sources in the world besides snopes.com where things can be verified, such as | this one. I'm going to do some checking about. Mandsford (talk) 17:48, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. That the US had a procedure for extraterrestrial quarantine sounds pretty notable.  We can't find newspaper articles about this? Squidfryerchef (talk) 04:45, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Like Squidfryerchef said, this is a notable due to its impact.Retodon8 (talk) 08:56, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions.   -- Fr33kman talk  APW 22:31, 13 September 2008 (UTC)


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