Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aquilonia (Conan)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was redirect to Hyborian Age. It is mentioned in the target article. (non-admin closure) (t &#183; c)  buidhe  08:05, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Aquilonia (Conan)

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The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing General notability guideline and the more detailed Notability (fiction) requirement. WP:BEFORE did not reveal any significant English-language coverage on Gnews, Gbooks or Gscholar. The article was deprodded with no rationale despite my request to leave one. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 02:15, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here  02:15, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science fiction and fantasy-related deletion discussions. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here  02:15, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Toughpigs (talk) 03:21, 2 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Redirect to  There is no indication that Aquilonia is independently notable. &#8213; Susmuffin Talk 21:58, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete the sourcing does not meet the general notability guidelines.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:28, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete insufficient coverage in third party sources to meet the WP:GNG. Needs more than primary sources or fan journals to meet sourcing standards for a stand-alone article. Shooterwalker (talk) 23:19, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. There is a large body of commentary, some scholarly, on Howard's work and influences, found in print works from the 1950s to 1970s, which isn't available or even searchable online. While cursory and superficial Google searches of the online fraction will produce large numbers of irrelevant results, even a broadly targeted GScholar search identifies, for example, essays tracing the historical models on which Howard based Aquilonian society, suggesting that Howard intended Aquilonia as in part an analog of the 1930s United States, and pointing out Howard's racist subtexts in positioning Aquilonia as an implicitly white nation resisting the inroads of its nonwhite neighbors, particularly Picts and Stygians. There's more than enough out there to base a solid article on; there's no policy basis for deleting topics merely because the underlying research might require more than minimal effort. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo). Treated like dirt by many administrators since 2006.  Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong! (talk) 13:25, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Care to cite the essays you mention? I still don't see anything on GScholar.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 01:36, 9 July 2020 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.