Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of most populous nations by 2025
per . These are reliably sourced predictions, not unverifiable speculation. Speculation and extrapolation are original research when it is done by Wikipedia editors, not when it is done by |reliable sources. The arguments given to delete would also easily apply to Ultimate fate of the universe, an article which is clearly encyclopedic, but which is also certainly documenting speculation, and there is clearly not agreement among all sources. But to demonstrate disagreement with ''these'' population figures, you need another reliable source giving conflicting information, which if found should be included in the article, per . The figures given here ''are'' taken seriously by http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE1DF103CF933A05757C0A964958260 other http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=HT&p_theme=ht&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFED6F1AEC5559&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D reliable http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20766408.html sources
— User:DHowell, 03:00, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:CRYSTAL||WP:RS||WP:NPOV (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)