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The result was delete. → Call me Hahc21 04:09, 4 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

China to US rail line[edit]

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This "rail line" is purely speculative - not even proposed at this time, just a concept. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. PROD was removed by author without comment. MelanieN (talk) 15:08, 27 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - despite sources for the concept, no obvious indication that this is something which is likely to happen, therefore probably violates WP:CRYSTAL. One source is simply comparing the Chinese rail infrastructure to the US, and the other source is speculative at best and seems to be blog article masquerading as news. If it seriously happens, we should have an article, but not now. LS1979 (talk) 16:40, 27 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Definitely too speculative. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 17:10, 27 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I could not find any journal entries or books about a China-United States rail way. There were many news articles about such a railroad, but they were all about a group of Chinese engineers who announced that they had plans to build one. In light of these facts, I’m going to conclude that this article is essentially a product announcement. According to section 5 of WP:CRYSTAL, we should not have articles about upcoming products when only speculation is available, even when the speculation comes from reliable sources. As I can’t find a good place to merge this article (which is a suggested outcome of the policy), I’m ultimately going to vote to delete. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 23:07, 27 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Either as WP:CRYSTAL or speedy as db-hoax. --Jersey92 (talk) 04:05, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom and CRYSTAL. This project is merely speculative fiction at this time. Bearian (talk) 17:35, 29 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per everyone above - Fails CRYSTAL. –Davey2010 • (talk) 08:45, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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