Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Mars


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 00:10, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

History of Mars

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Article does not appear to be linked from the main article on Mars, and appears to be a redundant 'lost' article. The majority of the content is written in a much more encyclopedic fashion in the "Mars" and "Geology of Mars" articles. In addition, the article creator states that "Mars was probably home to Martians" that "matched or advanced the mental capabilities of humans". While the article contains references, the majority of them are for minor, obvious points and not for the main claims being made. Very few edits, aside from minor changes, have been made by other users. Given the patently false claims being made by the principal author and editor of the article, it brings the entire content into question. ShadowChaser (talk) 14:29, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
 * There's certainly an encyclopaedic article to be written about the formation and history of Mars. I'd say redirect to Geology of Mars for the time being, because I don't trust the current content either.— S Marshall  T/C 17:01, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete as essentially a content fork containing "original theories and conclusions". Regards, RJH (talk) 18:41, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 00:38, 23 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete - adds no notable, verifiable info not already in main Mars article. jsfouche &#9789;&#9790; Talk 01:58, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - The small amount of actual scientific information presented is often inaccurate, wrong, or takes hypotheses as established facts.Schaffman (talk) 13:53, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm finishing up an article on the Noachian to expand on the material I wrote for the Geology of Mars. I plan to add full articles for each of the otther Martian time periods (Pre-Noachian, Hesperian, Amazonian), thus removing the need for a History of Mars article (which I fear might be too long anyway).--Tom aka Schaffman (talk) 15:33, 29 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete- I can't really add much to the opinions expressed above. This article is a POV screed that subtly misuses sources to advance a point of view regarding ancient Martian aliens. The title would be useful as a redirect as S Marshall points out. Reyk  YO!  22:32, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete and redirect. I came here fully expecting to say keep, but then again I didn't expect this to be a content fork. So delete, per RJH. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 18:41, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.