Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Uganda space program

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 keep. With no prejudice against a rename discussion. J04n(talk page) 00:22, 20 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Uganda space program

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It is evident that Uganda, in fact, does not actually have a space program or, apparently, any prospect of one. Sending delegates to UN meetings is not enough to support the existence of the article, nor is the signing of treaties. This is an article about something that does not exist. Philafrenzy (talk) 23:22, 13 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:19, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment. Uganda indeed lacks a national space agency governmental department; it does, however, like every other modern country, have a number of government programs appertaining to space applications and policy. This article was originally intended to be a test-case for articles on the space programs of less developed countries, which, even though they don't launch their own rockets or satellites, still have significant governmental involvement in this field. This is reflected in the "expanded title" in the article intro, Uganda space programs and policy. I do think that the term "space program" can reasonably stand for the several space-related efforts of a government spread among different departments (as even UK and Japanese programs were not bureaucratically consolidated until recently), but another name for this article-type is also possible.--Pharos (talk) 04:12, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- I've been considering it, and I think that perhaps a good replacement name might be Uganda space policy and projects, if that works.--Pharos (talk) 13:35, 16 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and possibly rename (Space exploration in Uganda, Ugandan space policy and exploration). This is well cited. They have had a few goes at a space program, and getting onto the times 100 list for bad ideas is nice. Then there is the guy building a space plane in his mothers back yard. The key fact in the article is that Uganda is equatorial, which makes it ideal for launching rockets into space. Martin451 (talk) 05:09, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notable topic. See Museveni to take Uganda to the moon for example. Warden (talk) 09:45, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment It is well referenced, so well referenced that one suspects it is a carefully constructed spoof. The content and references all relate to possibles, maybes and joke activities like Amin's "training" programme and someone building a rocket in their back yard. I am planning to build a vehicle to break the land speed record using an old skateboard I found, can I go in that article? It is not enough that they are on the equator, a lot of countries are, the fact remains that they do not have a space programme and it seems there is almost no actual space-related activity going on in the country. This article is a facade in front of an empty lot. Philafrenzy (talk) 09:55, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Reply. It's a facade that's gotten noticed. When you get the UN, BBC and CNN to do the same for you, then you can have Philafrenzy's attempt to win the Darwin Award. Clarityfiend (talk) 20:26, 17 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - Reply. Thank you for the encouragement. I will add go-fast stripes to the skateboard and alert the international media. Philafrenzy (talk) 21:04, 17 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and rename per Martin. The citations are enough to support notability, but I agree that the title as it stands is poor. Ducknish (talk) 18:49, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Rename: the current name implies something that doesn't exist. Praemonitus (talk) 20:21, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and rename Ugandan space initiatives. Clarityfiend (talk) 20:26, 17 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, possibly move; see WP:ODD. Bearian (talk) 19:27, 18 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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