Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Solar eclipse of 2017 August 21
As I understand it, its proposed to be deleted under the |Wikipedia is not a crystal ball guideline not because its predictable, scientific and notable - its because its happening 10 years into the future and there is no |reliable independent verifiable sources cited that ''discusses this particular eclipse and its notability''. Two links cited, point to past eclipses, One points to a TIF file detailing its path (not discussing notability), and another uses a google map to illustrate the path. Theres a lot of hand-waving (here and in the article) claiming its notable, but theres ZERO external citation of an independent reliable source claiming notability. The exact sort of thing that the |Wikipedia is not a crystal ball guideline guards against.  |The Wikipedia is not a directory or in this case an almanac. Right now as it stands, this article is basically |original research with uncited hand-waving towards notability. Yes, its scientific, its notable but at the moment (as I write this) it sure doesn't deserve to be a Wikipedia article. Its a crystal ball gazing original research
— User:Eqdoktor, 08:40, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:CRYSTAL||WP:V||WP:CRYSTAL||WP:NOT||WP:NOR (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)