Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Solar-charged vehicle


 * 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. – GorillaWarfare talk • contribs 00:34, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Solar-charged vehicle

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This article is an essay which lacks notability, with almost all of its content not covered by reliable sources, but instead combines a bit of material from the few sources provided with the blanks filled with a lot of content I considered blatant original research (see WP:Original research). The only notable content in the article can be summarized to "plug-in electric vehicles charged with energy generated from solar panels (off-board source) have no carbon footprint" which is not enough for a stand alone article not even a stub. In this case merging is not an option, since the closest article, solar vehicle, refers to vehicles powered by an on-board source that generates electricity from the sun (such possible merge lready was discussed here). The following are common sense examples of fictional article's also lacking notability that follow the same logic and content of the questioned article: wind-charged electric vehicles, coal-charged electric vehicles, solar-charged portable music players (solar-charged iPad?), etc. In summary, the article takes two notable subjects, solar energy and electric vehicle, and simply pasted them together. Also notice that the only relevant link to this article is the Spanish Wikipedia Vehículo con carga solar, which was created by User:Diamondland, who recently, and one more time, has been blocked indefinitely as a sock puppet (see here) and not surprisingly is the second contributor to the English version.-- Mariordo (talk) 05:30, 22 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete: non-notable article per Mariordo's reasoning. Whether a plug-in electric car is powered by power generated from solar panels, wind, nuclear, coal, et cetera, makes absolutely no difference to how the vehicle operates. The article on solar power already describes the function of this energy form; its benefits (emissions) and disadvantages (price) are no different if the energy derived from solar cells is used to power a car, refrigerator, television or train. OSX (talk • contributions) 05:56, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete: Solar vehicle covers the stunt cars with panels on them, and anything sourced about solar panel installations dedicated to charging a vehicle could be merged there. --Wtshymanski (talk) 14:33, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete: WP:Synthesis. Ebikeguy (talk) 15:35, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 18:27, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 18:27, 22 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete: non-notable article per Mariordo's nomination. Johnfos (talk) 03:43, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Solar vehicle as possible search term. Contents in history may be later merged to more appropriate articles later. Per WP:PRESERVE. -Atmoz (talk) 20:39, 29 May 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.