Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of energy blades


 * 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 delete. Krimpet (talk) 06:45, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

List of energy blades

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Contested prod. Contester asserts that the article represents a lot of effort, which I don't deny; but doesn't answer the problems: This article is original research, and that's not allowed; further, this article is an example farm, and Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collector of information. I don't know if it's relevant, but the article had exceeded its prod notice period. Percy Snoodle 20:28, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - holy giant list without a single reference Batman! Unless this fellow can source those claims, I don't think this should stick around.  --Haemo 21:43, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep if Soucred I think we should give the author a couple of weeks to add sources. It seems like this list could contain useful information. However, if not sourced, this is simply original research Rwhealey 22:24, 30 April 2007 (UTC).
 * The article was created 08:46, 13 February 2006. How much more time to find sources do you think he needs? DarkSaber2k 08:45, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment The people working on this article have had less than a week, as best as I can tell, since they were notified that the article may not be up to code. While it would have been better with sources ahead of time, obviously, it's better to count time from when notice is given of someone's failings. (Too lazy to log in, so commenting from IP.) 129.21.28.22 15:05, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. DarkSaber2k 15:22, 1 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete technically, all blades are made of energy. JuJube 01:45, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep if Sourced I agree with Rwheatly. Given sources, this could provide interesting/useful information.SeanKelly1986 07:35, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete JuJube is right. Plus the source bit, and original research and seemingly indiscriminate information. Any significant 'energy blades' would be covered in their own universes articles. DarkSaber2k 08:34, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been added to the list of CVG deletions. DarkSaber2k 08:50, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep The content of this article is purely descriptive, therefore the claims made can be referenced to primary sources, which in fact most of them already are simply by crediting the weapon to a particular work of fiction (there are some issues where a series is mentioned but the weapon in question isn't used in all episodes of that series; in these cases a specific episode should be named as an example). With a little more explanatory text the page could be useful for tracking influences between different works of fiction, which is an important and notable subject.   Should be tagged as needing more real-world context (is there a standard maintenance tag for that?) JulesH 12:20, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * keep I totally agree with JulesH. Primary sources are valid sources according to policy. I do agree that the list may be exceeding its useful length, so probably a lot of entries should be culled. But there are certainly plenty of energy blades to make up a useful list. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 13:51, 1 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletions.  -- Pax:Vobiscum 20:18, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletions.   -- Ned Scott 08:07, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete This list is made of loosely related terms. Also, sources are required immediately. The list is definitely a collection of indescriminate information. Jay32183 20:51, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep I agree with JulesH. May need a tidy up however Palendrom 23:33, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Another superfluous list article. Yawn. Jtrainor 20:44, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per JulesH. The tag you are probably looking for is in-universe. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 23:33, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. This list is just trivia and has no real utility- it's essentialy "List of places where energy blades have appeared". I wouldn't accept this list for any other weapon or object, let alone one as poorly defined as "fictional melee weapons which use forms of coherent energy to inflict damage, similar to the lightsabers of the Star Wars series."--Wafulz 03:39, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, sources won't help this one. It's the subject that's the problem. An article listing works of fiction that include "energy blades" may be WP:INTERESTING but it is simply WP:NOT a good subject to write an article on. Axem Titanium 03:22, 5 May 2007 (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.