Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 conspiracy theories
Reading through the delete votes, it seems like people want the article gone because it's filled with ridiculous ideas. That's an understandable and expected gut reaction. The thing is, inclusion of things on Wikipedia isn't based on an educated assessment of their validity (otherwise the delete votes would be pretty spot-on). Inclusion is rather determined by whether or not the thing received adequate coverage. We rely on the editorial departments of secondary sources to dictate what we include here, rather than our own opinions of the material (our editors just edit text, rather than make those types of decisions).  says that if "at least one reliable secondary source has commented on it, disparaged it, or discussed," it can be included. In this article I see references from CBS, NBC, Christian Science Monitor, and CNN, to name a few, so it would seem the criteria has been met. Again, our own editorial assessment of a fringe theory's possible accuracy (or inaccuracy) doesn't factor into questions of its inclusion here, for better or worse
— User:Equazcion, 11:05, 26 Mar 2014 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NFRINGE (Wikipedia:Fringe theories)