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This article was nominated for deletion on 9 April 2017. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

This page was proposed for deletion by Andyjsmith (talk · contribs) on 7 April 2017 with the comment:
This is a speculative essay that is better covered elsewhere.
It was contested by [[User:70.51.200.162 (talk)|70.51.200.162 (talk)]] ([[User talk:70.51.200.162 (talk)|talk]] · [[Special:Contribs/70.51.200.162 (talk)|contribs]]) on 06:11, 8 April 2017 (UTC) with the comment:[reply]
The "speculation" is referenced, and does not qualify as WP:OR since it is from the references, and not the Wikipedian writers.

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Speculation[edit]

I've removed a large amount of speculative and OR material. I'm not sure if there's anything worthwhile left that's not already covered better in the other Mars articles. Andyjsmith (talk) 14:42, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It is not OR since it is directly referenced. The speculation comes directly from the sources, so for the purposes of Wikipedia it is not original research, it is opinions of the sources, and not the Wikipedia writers. -- 70.51.200.162 (talk) 06:05, 8 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your editorial statement of Mars One as a scam does not mean that it does not exist. If you wish to delete MarsOne, this is not the article to do so. Our article on Inspiration Mars does not indicate current status. Also, not being able to support a separate article is not the same as not being relevant. Does every single thing in an article need to themselves be able to support an article? No other articles are like that. We don't need to write separate articles on every character from a TV show to have them mentioned in the TV show article. Further, we don't just live in the now. Just because something has died does not mean that it never happened or isn't relevant to the topic. -- 70.51.200.162 (talk) 06:08, 8 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]