Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zero Gravity Pregnancy


 * 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 d e lete. east. 718 at 17:20, January 13, 2008

Zero Gravity Pregnancy

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Delete Pure WP:OR and WP:SYNTH from junk-science sources that are hardly reliable. Mayalld (talk) 11:00, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions.   -- the wub  "?!"  11:45, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak delete At a glance, the user seems to be making a good faith attempt to write a legitimate article on the topic. However, instead of linking this from Sex in space, any encyclopedic content on this topic should probably be written (merged) in the Sex in space article instead. I think calling this a "hoax" is pushing it. Good sources might not have been presented (I don't know, I haven't looked too carefully) but I think good sources probably exist, because there has been scientific attention to this topic. Space travel - and all of our understanding connected to it - is still young, that's all, so conclusive findings published in respected sources might be lacking. I agree it reads like original research (questionable sources and new synthesis of information) but I don't think it's completely impossible to write about this topic correctly TheBilly Talk 11:56, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge into Weightlessness From reading the article and checking out some of the sources, I don't think there is any consensus on whether or not Zero Gravity Pregnancy is actually possible. I wouldn't say the article is a hoax, as some of the concepts quoted are being considered, but personally I don't see it as correct to present it here as a page in it's own right. Would probably be better if it were merged into the article discussing weightlessness. Kavanagh21 (talk) 21:59, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. This is a really poor article on a topic that at best is speculative. The only article we should have is one that summarizes the serious mammalian zero-G research and other approaches found in Google Scholar. As this is speculative I'm not sure it should go in our weightlessness article -- probably Human_adaptation_to_space is better. The title, in any case, might best be Space pregnancy. --Dhartung | Talk 22:44, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment the hoax tag wasn't me, and is a little harsh, so I've removed it. I still maintain that this iw WP:OR and WP:SYNTH to an extent that makes it beyond hope. Mayalld (talk) 22:46, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete After reading this article, I haven't learned anything except that people have written about the subject. While the details of such speculation might have been interesting reading, simply improving a boring page won't spare it from deletion.  Since the intent is to write about a human pregnancy in outer space, this is crystalballing at its worst.  Mandsford (talk) 01:10, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak delete or Merge what might be salvaged into Weightlessness per  Kavanagh21. There's not really much substance to the article, though.  Tim Ross ·talk  17:26, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak delte This article does seem to be a bit on the far side of WP:SYNTH and has a bit of original research issues. The topic also has some trouble establishing notability since its a bit of an abstract concept and a fairly specific one at that.  The original editor of the article, while making a good faith attempt at outlining this topic, seems to have just compiled a list of several theories (some more reliable and notable than others) on the general subject of zero gravity reproduction and so forth and poses various potential outcomes without ever noting the specific merits, academic response, or criteria for any of them.  --  Oni Ookami Alfador Talk 13:49, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak delete or Rewrite completely. The article does not contain any relevant information but a list of references and a poetic but a bit off-topic introduction.147.175.98.213 (talk) 00:00, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. I think it's a bit premature (excuse the pun) to merge into Weightlessness since that section deals with actual documented effects whereas the subject of zero gravity pregnancy is purely speculative at the moment.  I agree that the article was written in good faith, but there's too little verifiable information, beyond simply documenting the small number of discussions that have taken place on the subject.  Perhaps it could find a place in space colonization or a related article. Cosmo0 (talk) 19:50, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


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