Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Colonization of Europa

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The result of the debate was - deleted - SimonP 02:13, May 23, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Colonization of Europa

Not encyclopedic. According to official policy, Wikipedia is not a crystal ball (Wikipedia: What Wikipedia is not). "Articles that present extrapolation, speculation, and "future history" are original research and therefore inappropriate." Unless someone can provide a valid reason why this article merits inclusion, I think it should be deleted.--DannyZ

• Delete. Agree. -- Fingers-of-Pyrex 03:16, 2005 May 17 (UTC)
• Delete. Future history--Heathcliff 03:17, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete speculation. Gazpacho 03:41, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as unencyclopedic speculation. JeremyA 04:53, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Colonization of the outer solar system already covers this subject. No need to merge because there is no content on it yet. —Tokek 05:42, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Not encyclopaedic- if there was an actual plan for something like this (like NASA's plan to go to Mars eventually) then it would be worthwhile, but it isn't so it goes --Cynical 13:20, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per Tokek. — RJH 16:33, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
• DeleteI completely agree with Tokek, user Drepanopulos, 17 May 2005
• Redirect to something like Future colonization of space and expand, with discussion of the problems involved and potential solutions. RickK 22:54, May 17, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - " is something that might happen " ??? Yopohari 08:49, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, no content to merge. I don't think a redirect is needed, but if one is created, it should point to the correct parent cited by Tokek. Barno 14:01, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment: In a few decades (would have been sooner if Nixon hadn't cut funding), we might conceivably need to split an article with a title such as RickK suggested (with most of the current content) from (Actual) Colonization of the outer solar system. In practice, I suspect the closest we'll come to "colonization" for centuries is the equivalent of workers on offshore oil-drilling rigs. I'm a science fiction fan, and realize that Interstellar colonization is a quite different and longer-term matter than Colonization of the outer solar system, so they probably shouldn't be combined into one "... of space" page. Barno 00:44, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

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