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The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by Dabomb87 14:31, 24 July 2010 [1].

Hugo Award for Best Short Story[edit]

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Nominator(s): PresN 17:42, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Having gotten through novels, novellas, and novelettes, here is the shortest and last of the written fiction categories in the Hugo Awards. It should be in form almost identical to those FLs, so have at it. --PresN 17:42, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]


Support Sandman888 (talk) 09:30, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Sandman888 (talk) 09:30, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
* Use of non-free image which is purely decorative and does not enhance my understanding of the concept (criteria 8).
  • Removed, though none of the reviewers at the three previous FLCs ever had a problem with it.
  • If you remove the image from this list, then you should probably do the same for the other Hugo Award lists. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:42, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm waiting to see if any other reviewers have an opinion about it, as like I said no one else in these reviews has had a problem with the image as decorative. --PresN 17:03, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Concur with removing it- it is purely decorative. (I don't remember reviewing the other three, for the record.) Courcelles (talk) 17:55, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I also agree that the fair-use image does not significantly increase readers' understanding in this article (I haven't reviewed any of the other lists, either). Dabomb87 (talk) 21:12, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • why are some of the authors delinked? Surely they are notable having published a book, though I'm unaware of any policies.
  • Well, to be on the list they had to publish a short story, not a book. I can redlink them if you want, though I don't know what the policy is either.
  • why are the no nominees for the early years?
  • "The 1955 through 1958 awards did not include any recognition of runner-up stories, but since 1959 all five candidates have been recorded.[5]" - Second paragraph, fourth sentence. --PresN 19:55, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support — I think this article is in great shape. I fixed a few minor things myself, but I have no objections. However I do one suggestion. I think it might be helpful to make a new section out of some of the stuff in the introduction. Perhaps there can be a section about the nomination process. Also, for the record, I believe all of Sandman888's concerns have been addressed. As to the concern that some authors are not linked, I believe publication of a short story is not a criterion in itself for notability (and therefor inclusion in Wikipedia) under Wikipedia:AUTHOR. – Zntrip 06:41, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you, and your/Sandman's changes have now been replicated across the other Hugo lists I've written. --PresN 14:49, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Only issue I found was that Ian Watson was a disambiguation page; I went and fixed that myself. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 16:45, 18 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Jujutacular T · C 17:29, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Do you know of any explanation as to why the award wasn't given out in 1957?
  • "This count is held by Niven and Michael A. Burstein, who additionally has the most number of nominations without winning." I'm not really sure what this sentence means. Does 'count' refer to 7 nominations? Also, do both them have no wins or just one of them?
  • Suggest leaving redlinks for winning stories of the award, as this is a pretty clear indication of notability.

Jujutacular T · C 03:48, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Not really. Each worldcon was run really independently back then, and the 1957 convention only awarded hugos for magazines. They didn't keep a lot of records back then, so there's nothing to say why they did that.
  • Clarified, but yes, it referred to 7, and Niven was mentioned 2 sentences prior as having won three times.
  • Done. --PresN 17:11, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Everything looks good to me now, wonderful topic coming along. Jujutacular T · C 17:29, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]


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