Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Circle Launcher and Space Keeper

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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. - Mailer Diablo 10:50, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Circle Launcher and Space Keeper

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Although this article on a proposed space launch system lists several sources, I'm unable to verify that any of them are significant and separate from the inventor. Searching Google Scholar for some of the cited articles shows that they're all published by the inventor, and haven't been cited by anyone else. All in all, I'm not sure any of this adds up to a notable proposal. Zetawoof(ζ) 02:35, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gas tube rocket hypersonic launcher, this may have been previously deleted as a copyvio. As I'm unable to see the previous version or the original source, though, I don't know whether this is the same thing or not. Zetawoof(ζ) 04:23, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Copyvio from this page on Bolonkin's website. The previous version was deleted as a copyvio from here, ie. from Elsevier. But copyvio and "original research" arguments are red herrings: the simple fact is that most of Bolonkin's ideas are, as Zetawoof barks, simply non-notable. Very few people are interested in these ideas - apart from user:BKruglyak (who is claimed to be a "big fan" rather than a sock puppet - see last entry in the previous AfD). -- RHaworth 05:53, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Speedy delete as a copyvio. andy 14:22, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
    • Honestly, even if this particular version is a copyvio, I'd like to see an AfD decision based on the subject, not the content. As RHaworth notes, I'm pretty sure this invention is non-notable, above and beyond any copyright or formatting issues. Zetawoof(ζ) 20:27, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
A copyvio trumps notability. If it's re-created without breaching copyright then the author gets a chance to show it's notable (not that I think it is). andy 21:23, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete based on previous related discussions at AfD, but copyvio is decisive only is the entire article is a copyvio,which I cannot see from here. DGG 01:22, 4 May 2007 (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.