User talk:Skandha101

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Science fiction = SF
Why are you devoting so much energy to this? In an article about "Tiptree", you are clearly discussing science fiction, not San Francisco. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  19:18, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Who goes there? Now, what? Ok, so this is regarding the Tiptree Award. I wouldn't call it a lot of energy. More energy to read the articles, certainly, than to do one-for-one text replacement. In any case, I view it as more encyclopedic to spell out "science fiction". It's conceivable that a naive reader, unfamiliar with the terms, could stumble upon the page, certainly. I am open to argument on this, but my view is essentially that "SF" is shorthand. Skandha101 • 19:15, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, I can see your POV; just startled me, I guess. (At least you weren't saying she wrote "sci-fi"!) -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  19:18, 28 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Ok, cool. I'm also assuming that usage of the terms would be weighted towards the time period and subject in question, so if 'SF' is in fact more ethos-wise correct, it might be good to use that (with an in-text explanation for the first usage, perhaps).  This is relevant in case I have incorrectly expanded 'SF' to be 'science fiction', replacing the possibility of it being used as 'speculative fiction'.  However, I believe that 'speculative fiction' in usage is typically post-Tiptree. Skandha101 • 19:41, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

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