- 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 and redirect to Ball lightning. Black Kite (t) (c) 16:06, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Apparent original research (see the talk page), largely self-referenced. There may be some material that could be merged with Ball lightning. Acroterion (talk) 11:57, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. -- --Darkwind (talk) 12:26, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- merge and delete - save anything worthwhile to ball lightning (not much) and delete the rest. - UtherSRG (talk) 15:17, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:06, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge relevant content into Ball lightning andDelete per UtherSRG, also WP:SYNTH. -- Radagast3 (talk) 03:48, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]- Are the merge and delete !voters familiar with Wikipedia:Merge and delete. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 03:51, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes. Any material merged will need to be so drastically rewritten to address WP:OR, WP:COI, WP:NPOV, and WP:RS issues that the old article history will become irrelevant. -- Radagast3 (talk) 04:19, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- If the material is really that bad (arguably so), then it should be deleted. If there is anything of use, including the compilation of the reference list, then redirecting is easier. If the redirect is really not wanted, we must at least note the authorship of Vladimir Torchigin (talk · contribs) should it get used at Ball lightning. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 05:02, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes. Any material merged will need to be so drastically rewritten to address WP:OR, WP:COI, WP:NPOV, and WP:RS issues that the old article history will become irrelevant. -- Radagast3 (talk) 04:19, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Note Vladimir Torchigin (talk · contribs)'s comment on the talk page. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 05:02, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Given those comments, I'll change my !vote to "delete." -- Radagast3 (talk) 06:29, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- 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.