Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Esper (fiction)


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The result was Delete --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 12:45, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

Esper (fiction)
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Delete - it's a trivia article full of original research and fancruft. Many works listed don't use the term "Esper" and have little in common with Alfred Bester's idea. There's no info about espers (how could there be, when no-one has defined it?), just lists of dubious examples. The articles on Telepathy, Psychic and Extrasensory perception etc give more than enough fictional examples of these sorts of characters.--twl_corinthian (talk) 18:05, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:50, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
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 * Delete as WP:FANCRUFT, can't find any secondary coverage. Soft redirect unnecessary since esper already exists. — Nizolan  (talk) 23:35, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete as nothing suggests solid independent notability. SwisterTwister   talk  06:06, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's a thing, and people do use the term, but I don't see significant coverage in reliable sources. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:56, 13 April 2016 (UTC)


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