Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of launch vehicle plans


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The result was   keep. The Bushranger One ping only 00:49, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

List of launch vehicle plans

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Challenged PROD. This is a new list, that (its slightly odd name aside) purports to include launch vehicles that were proposed but never made it off the drawing board, or into production. The thing is, there are a LOT of designs that fit this criterion. This seems to me to be a indiscriminate list that'll be a magnet for everything drawn up on the back of a cocktail napkin, and borderline listcruft. The same author has since created a category for this sort of thing, which seems to me to be a much more practical and reasonable method to arrange these projects and their Wikipedia pages. - The Bushranger One ping only 21:41, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, it includes current plans like the Space Launch System as well. The list brings together references, entries without articles, and basic information in one place. Fotaun (talk) 22:23, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 22:48, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 22:48, 27 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep. Needs some cleanup and some solid criteria for inclusion, but deletion seems a bit too far in this case.  Tagged for rescue.  SchuminWeb (Talk) 01:20, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. If kept needs a rename to clearly state what is actually covered by this article.  To the average reader, launch vehicle plans is meaningless.  Is this about the 787 launch vehicle which Boeing just sold to ANA? Vegaswikian (talk) 05:24, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep This sort of thing always gets ample coverage in reliable sources. Ample references are already in the article. Many of the things on the list even have their own articles.    D r e a m Focus  11:07, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment&mdash;an editor has renamed the article to List of space launch system designs. RJH (talk) 16:01, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge into List of orbital launch systems, redundant. -- G W … 21:56, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
 * This is a list of all the planned ones, while that is a list of things that actually got made.  D r e a m Focus  09:47, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. The Bushranger One ping only 03:05, 2 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep. --Simone (talk) 13:51, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
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