Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spring-powered aircraft

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The result was delete. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 23:56, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Spring-powered aircraft

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Fails WP:GNG, quick google search came up with no sources that met WP:RS and WP:RSP LOMRJYO_{(About × contribs)} 03:15, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, as it is already covered in Model aircraft. No idea what the Besslers' steam-powered airplane has to do with this subject. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:01, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Aviation-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 09:13, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Products-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 09:14, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - There are very few sources that actually use this term, and none of them are actually sufficient coverage to pass the WP:GNG. The only source being used is actually a mirror of this very Wikipedia article. It could potentially be used as a redirect to Model aircraft#Rubber propulsion, where the concept is already covered, but as the term seems to be so seldom used, I don't recommend it. That bizarre second paragraph about a steam powered aircraft was just recently added by a now-blocked user, so I'm not sure if its addition was some bizarre attempt at vandalism, or the user just badly misread the title of the article. Rorshacma (talk) 16:34, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - for all the reasons given above. In addition, we should remove the "clockwork drives" section of the sidebar, and bump "Human powered" up a level to be its own category, rather than a subcategory. PianoDan (talk) 20:20, 15 March 2021 (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.