Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Artificial world


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The result was Disambiguate‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Please handle editorially as no admin action is needed. Star  Mississippi  14:56, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Artificial world

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This is an unreferenced stubby fork of megastructure, repeating a few facts about them and then going on a tangent to summarize the plot of two random works. I suggest WP:ATD-R of redirecting this to megastructures. My BEFORE failed to suggest this term ("artificial world") is notable. That said, artificial planet may be, but that's not even a redirect anyway, and should be written from scratch based on sources. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 11:08, 12 December 2023 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Randykitty (talk) 13:02, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements, Science fiction and fantasy,  and Technology. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here  11:08, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
 * The accepted terminology, as used in another encyclopaedia even, is Big Dumb Object, and we already had it from 2002 before this article was started in 2003 with the same two BDOs that everybody starts with. &#9786;  Uncle G (talk) 20:49, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Disambiguate No clear meaning. It could easily refer to megastructures or virtual worlds, amongst other things. Or just a simulation of the real world a la Dark City (1998 film). Given the extreme vagueness, it should likely not be an article in itself. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 06:16, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Disambiguate per ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ. There is some discussion using this phrase in the academic world, so it's possible an article could exist here but it would need to be a WP:broad concept article and backed by numerous sources. &mdash;siro&chi;o 12:54, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Redirect to dyson sphere, with a hatnote elsewhere (e.g.: "Fictional universe") if necessary. Even a disambiguation page is too much here, but I would accept it. There is only one notable article about this topic, even if there are multiple examples. Shooterwalker (talk) 17:55, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
 * A Dyson sphere isn't even an artificial world, as in Dyson's concept, sci-fi notwithstanding, it would be more like a group of satellites or "swarm". That is possibly one of the more misleading places to redirect it to. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 11:17, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @Zxcvbnm Swarm has its own article at dyson swarm. Hmmm, it's redirected. Oh well. One day :) Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 13:59, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Disambiguate: While this concept certainly exists, it can mean anything from the eponymous location in The Matrix to the Dyson sphere in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Relics". &#8213; Susmuffin Talk 17:30, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Disambiguate, per above बिनोद थारू (talk) 02:59, 27 December 2023 (UTC)


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