Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Billionaire space race

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

The result of the discussion was:  speedily deleted. WP:G7 was applied. (non-admin closure) —Alalch E. 00:12, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Billionaire space race

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Lots of problems with this one. See also Articles for deletion/Billionaire space race for background, which closed as keep with unanimous opposition to the proposal.


 * 1) It's not a hoax, by Wikipedia definitions.  Secondary sources talk about it.  There might be an argument to merge as this is just the same topic as private spaceflight with a more sensationalist title, but even if that argument is accepted, that's not the same as something completely made-up.  (Nominator's argument at AFD that because Elon Musk hasn't personally gone into space yet, it's not a space race, and besides SpaceX already won the race, is extremely weak.)
 * 2) Even if we accept it *is* a hoax for the sake of argument, the text of Template:Hoax demo is very blunt: "This page is a copy of a previously deleted hoax article.'"  This should have tipped off the creator that something was wrong.  But the article was not previously deleted; it was kept at AFD.  If creator feels that this AFD result was in error, they should write a user-space essay on it, or perhaps petition the closer for leave to open a new AFD.  Creating a copy of the article in the hoax museum either wildly misunderstands the purpose of the hoax museum, or is disrupting Wikipedia to make a point.
 * 3) Even if we accept that the article is a hoax and if we imagine a hypothetical future where it really is deleted at AFD2, it shouldn't be a copy-paste creation.  Politely ask the deleting admin to move the article is what would be done.

I asked the creator if he was willing to db-author it (diff), but they've continued editing and haven't replied, so I guess we're doing this after all. SnowFire (talk) 20:13, 5 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Well, I forgot to look at my talk page. My bad. Speedy deletioning it. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 23:17, 5 April 2024 (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 page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.