Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sailcraft

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The result was delete. If somebody wants to recreate this as a WP:DAB page, feel free to do so. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:31, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sailcraft

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I'm not exactly sure what this article is, but I can't find "sailcraft" in the dictionary. WP:NOTMADEUP applies here. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 13:29, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 13:29, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It is what we get when an editor writes an article about solar sails in 2005, another editor randomly sticks a disambiguation article on the front in 2007, and the whole thing has almost no attention paid to it for 14 years because it isn't our solar sail article. ☺ Uncle G (talk) 14:08, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
The most prominent user of the word ″sailcraft″ from a quick look at some search engines is one Giovanni Vulpetti, including in a 2014 book on solar sails (ISBN 9780387685007) and a 2012 book on fast solar sailing (ISBN 9789400747777). This article and fast solar sailing were the 2005 creations of one Gvulpetti (talk · contribs).
Most of the literature seems to call these solar sail spacecraft. Moreover, there are people who use this name for sailing ships and windsurfing boards, despite the lack in Zxcvbnm's dictionary (e.g. ISBN 9781429655026). So it seems that the person in 2007 had the right idea. There are a few alternative titles that need a disambiguation here. We just do not need the rest of the article below that. ☺
Uncle G (talk) 14:43, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Turn into disambiguation - to sailing ship, solar sail, and possibly sailing (although I can't find a lot of unambiguous uses of that last term, in the manner of woodcraft, handicraft etc.). (There's also a mobile game of that name for which an article may conceivably pop up.) Sailing ship is probably the primary topic, but the other two are sufficiently disparate that redirect + hatnotes would look a little odd. - In any case, main body of article does not look worth salvaging. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 15:29, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment WP:NEO would probably have been better to cite in the deletion rationale. The term does exist in Wiktionary, but has no sources for it. I'm still doubtful that this isn't a neologism that is too half-baked to use in Wikipedia._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 23:06, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
disambiguate To add on to the rationale above, all the sources "cited" (improperly) in this article are about solar sails, but the term is vague enough that a disambiguation page would probably be better. Sam-2727 (talk) 22:30, 17 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Wikipedia is not a dictionary WP:NOTDIC - Epinoia (talk) 03:48, 20 August 2019 (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.