Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Islands of Earthsea


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The result was   delete.  Sandstein  05:56, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Islands of Earthsea

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After trying do some research into Earthsea, I am not even sure if Earthsea itself is notable due to my inability to find any reliable secondary sources for this; perhaps that shall be an AfD discussion for another day. For now, though, if I cannot find any reliable sources for Earthsea, I do not know why the Islands of Earthsea are any more notable. Therefore, I believe that it does not meet the general notability guidelines. Right now, the only things that are on this article right now are primary sources; there seem to be some secondary sources mentioned, but they are not inline citations and I doubt that they feature anything more than a passing mention. New questions? 07:42, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment There is an Earthsea wiki on wikia: http://earthsea.wikia.com/wiki/Earthsea_Wiki This info might be better off there. --Colapeninsula (talk) 08:39, 17 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep The geography of Earthsea is detailed in sources such as An Atlas of Fantasy. Warden (talk) 09:10, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment I do see that there is a map of Earthsea in that reference. Yet, is there any indication that the islands of Earthsea is itself important at all? The map might possibly make Earthsea itself notable (not sure yet), but with regards to its islands, it does not seem to be anything more than a passing mention.--New questions? 09:46, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
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 * Keep - the Earthsea novel were the start of a new subgenre in scifi presenting a anthropological point of view. This is convered at collage level text dealing with sf litrature. If you research books on sf you will come by refrences. BO ; talk 19:18, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The question is, which books are those, and are there more than passing references to the islands themselves?--New questions? 22:13, 17 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete. I'm a huge Earthsea fan (which, BTW, is a notable series by a highly respected author), but not of this article. Yes, various islands are named on maps, but nothing happens on most of them. It also has an objectionable WP:OR element (surface areas calculated by measuring said maps). Clarityfiend (talk) 22:21, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Generally, articles about fiction need to have more than a plot summary. If the article is revised to demonstrate how these islands have affected the real world, then I'm willing to change my vote, but as it is, I'm in the Islands of Delete. D O N D E groovily   Talk to me  04:20, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per questions earlier comments. Might want to consider a merging location if their is another geography of Earthsea article, but as Dondegroovily points out we need something more then summary to make the article sticky, Sadads (talk) 13:43, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete, Clarityfiend is entirely correct. highly notable book series, highly notable fictional world, but only a few islands are mentioned in detail in the books, most are just names on maps, and possibly only a handful of the islands could possibly have been given any coverage in literary journals, etc. the list belongs at the earthsea wiki, not here.(mercurywoodrose)75.61.132.26 (talk) 07:31, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
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