Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Military space shuttle

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 03:19, 16 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Military space shuttle

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This article is a sorry mess of WP:SYNTH and WP:OR, mixed with just a smidge of WP:FRINGE. It takes several military spaceflight programs and tries to stich them together - claiming that the X-20, X-40 and X-37 form a lineage, among other things - and in general appears to be somebody's essay. An article on military use of reusable space vehicles might well be worthwhile - but this is not it. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 01:14, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Aviation-related deletion discussions. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 01:16, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 01:16, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Buckshot06 (talk) 02:33, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete, per nomination. Entire article is presently subject to WP:BURDEN. It can be argued that the subject passes WP:GNG given that there are about 200 plus mentions in books, but none necessarily as their primary subject.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 09:02, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete While I think that it would be possible to write an article on this topic (preferably with a title such as Proposed military applications of space shuttles), this sure isn't it. The content is speculative and lumps unrelated topics together. As such, I think that it should be deleted per WP:TNT. Nick-D (talk) 09:06, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
delete WP:OR on a stick. There's room for a sourced article on "military use of the space shuttle" or similar, but this seems to be arguing instead for the existence of a separate black program in parallel, except that it then concedes there wasn't one. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:25, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - we do not state something "would be" or make hand-waving conjectures, nor do we publish every fringe theory out in teh Internet. Bearian (talk) 22:20, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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.