Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Transatlantic tunnel

This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record.
The result of the debate was - kpet - SimonP 01:35, May 13, 2005 (UTC)

Transatlantic tunnel

Hoax presented as fact. I'd say delete, but an argument could be made for rewriting the article describing the hoax (if it's in fact famous enough) -- Ferkelparade π 10:19, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Keep if this can be rewritten well enough to describe the hoax. (The audacity of it made me laugh; that's worth something, right?) Discovery Channel has apparently ran a show about it called Extreme Engineering: Transatlantic Tunnel, probaby similar to that mockumentary Dragon show. There is also a 1935 movie of the same name. addesso 11:19, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as fiction presented as fact. The hoax webpage as such doesn't seem to be notable emough to warrent a page. Martg76 12:58, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep as rewritten. Martg76 12:58, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Have we a page on Harry Harrison's book A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!? (I could have the spelling slightly wrong on that... If so, redirect. If not... BJAODN, then fulfil the D of the acronym. Grutness|^hello? 13:02, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC) Keep now. Good work Tony. Grutness|^hello? 11:00, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Hoax. Allow someone else to make a rewrite about the hoax, but this article should be deleted. Sjakkalle 13:32, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC) Valid stub now, Keep the rewrite. Sjakkalle 08:46, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Binabik80 15:51, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and rewrite. The idea of a Transatlantic Tunnel is a commonly used as both a dream and a hoax. I would like to see an article detailing how this idea has been tossed around. For example, there is the web site currently on the article, the special on the Discovery Channel [1], and a movie based on the idea [2]. And it gets over 62,000 Google hits. [3] Zzyzx11 | Talk 16:05, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Delete — alternate history fiction. Somebody sure went to a lot of effort with the linked web page. I'm not quite sure why. The topic of very long, underwater tunnels like this can be covered on the main tunnel page. — RJH 17:14, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Worthy topic, hoax content. Delete unless rewritten. Meelar (talk) 19:42, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC) Keep the rewrite. Meelar (talk) 00:58, May 3, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Hoax. Quale 20:56, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. This is hoax presented as fact. The hoax deserves an article describing it, but this is faulty info that needs to be deleted.
• Keep. Rather well written hoax. Too lovely to delete. Write it up as a hoax. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 21:57, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• If somebody rewrites it to discuss proposals and the use of it in fiction, keep. If it is not rewritten, delete. Sorry, Tony, well written or not, we can't start keeping hoax articles. RickK 23:13, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)
  • Okay, I made a good sf-stub out of it. Spoilsport. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 23:57, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. It's been rewritten, as is a fine stub by now. --ScottMorrison 00:00, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep it now! Bravo. I've moved the article and this VfD from Transatlantic Tunnel to Transatlantic tunnel, since it no longer describes a proper name but the concept. Samaritan 00:02, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Tony Sidaway's well written stub. 203.26.16.66 00:08, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, the concept of a transatlantic tunnel has appeared in science fiction magazines before and also a British movie. It is already a feature article on Discovery magazine [4]. Megan1967 01:41, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep -- having looked back, I'd have voted to keep the original version, if it had been labelled as a hoax, since it appeared to be an article about a hoax, rather than being a hoax itself.--Simon Cursitor 09:15, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep now a useful page with some capacity for expansion, I have a vague recollection that a transatlantic tunnel appeared in a science fiction film, possibly based on something by H.G. Wells. PatGallacher 13:16, 2005 Apr 30 (UTC)
• Keep -- article has improved, warranting inclusion. - Longhair | Talk 01:56, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

Keepp - Agree with Longhair. Johntex 01:10, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

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