Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher Sembroski

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The result was keep. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 22:28, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Christopher Sembroski

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The subject does not satisfy general notability. His claim to fame is as a space tourist on a future space expedition, but see Wikipedia is not a crystal ball and other policies. There has been substantial independent coverage of the planned mission, but all of the coverage at this point is crystal balling.

	Reference number	Independent	Signficant
1	Regional Radio News	Yes	No. Crystal balling.
2	Local news	Yes	No. Crystal balling.
3	New York Times	Yes	No. Crystal balling.
4	People Magazine	Yes	No. Crystal balling.
5	Employer newsletter	No	No. .

Robert McClenon (talk) 22:20, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep — An astronaut is notable once he has been selected for a space mission and in this precise case he is less than six months away from flight. Preparation for the flight and training of the crew is under way. His flight is indeed the next one to take off from the US. Hektor (talk) 22:42, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep GNG is met. WP:CRYSTAL does not apply, because the coverage is of the selection, rather than the actual flight. (Besides, the entire premise of that page is WP:V violations, which this clearly is not) He's been selected. NPR and NYT have covered it. Posting some fancy graph doesn't change any of that. Jclemens (talk) 04:29, 24 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Agree that WP:CRYSTAL doesn't apply; coverage (and reality) goes beyond speculation. There will come a time that civilians selected for space missions will not be notable, but we are not near that point yet. --\/\/slack (talk) 14:52, 24 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I agree with the above keeps. 64.121.103.144 (talk) 16:28, 24 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notable as being selected for an upcoming spaceflight. He doesn't need to actually fly for that. --mfb (talk) 03:40, 25 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Seems to pass GNG with present coverage. RockOften (talk) 12:06, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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