Talk:Space Shuttle Challenger launch decision

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[edit] Not a redundant page

This page was created as a subarticle of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster page, and is intended to complement it by going into further detail regarding the background of the decision to launch. The main page is over 60K already, so a subarticle seems to be indicated. I am removing the notice, but am of course happy to discuss the decision further. Please see the main article's talk page for more information. MLilburne 17:39, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Unless it is expanded it should be deleted. As I stated in the nomination enough infor can be found in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster article. --Tainter 17:45, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
It is going to be expanded, but that is going to take some time as there are several interested editors and we need a base to work from. The amount of information in the main article is only the tip of the iceberg, as there have been whole books written on the decision. It is clearly a notable topic that deserves discussion in more detail than can be offered in the main article. MLilburne 17:47, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
In keeping with Wikipedia:Article size, this article is needed to prevent Space Shuttle Challenger disaster from getting any bigger, and hopefully reduce it in size. It's exactly the same as when the Space Shuttle article became too big, and we split the material into subarticles such as NASA Space Shuttle decision, Space Shuttle abort modes, etc. Those now-separate articles were formerly too-large subheadings in a big monolithic article. The purpose of this article is similar. There's a lot of information various editors want to add on the Challenger launch decision, but it would make the main Challenger disaster article too big, hence this article is needed. By any reasonable standard the material is historic and meritorious. I don't see what the problem is. Wikipedia guidelines specifically call for this procedure. See Wikipedia:Summary style. Joema 22:42, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, a word of advice from someone who just wants to read about the thing and isn't interested in Wikipedia guidelines: I was reading the Challenger disaster page and it sent me here "for more information on the launch decision". There is nothing on this page about the launch decision. There is heaps on the other one. ? Strange way of doing things. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.171.79.120 (talk) 13:12, 30 September 2007 (UTC)