Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of esoteric subjects in Foucault's Pendulum


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The result was delete. --Core desat 02:55, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

List of esoteric subjects in Foucault's Pendulum

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This is one of the most bizarre articles that I have ever come across, which is saying something given my work on wikifying and cleaning up articles. It is a list of topics that are mentioned in a book called Foucault's Pendulum, which is about conspiracy theories. I do not think that it is encyclopedic in any way. It is a trivia list for fans of the book. There is nothing wrong with that, but such things do not belong in Wikipedia. A message on the talk page mentions making sure that all of the topics have articles. I have no objection to the list being moved to the Wikipedia namespace, but the topics that already have articles should be removed, and the list should be deleted after all of the topics have articles. Also, I would suggest putting the list in alphabetical order rather than by chapter, unless knowing where the topics are mentioned would help in the writing of the articles. I do not think that it would since the book is fictional and should not be used as a reference. Finally, the quotations at the top should be removed. -- Kjkolb 07:59, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletions.   -- John Vandenberg 09:14, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, absurd interpretation of random words found in the novel. For example, a single sentence from chapter 1 in the book (my translation from Czech): " [the pendulum ball] on its way from Samoa to Novaya Zemlya perhaps stopped for a moment at Agartha, the center of the World ". The article now turns Samoa and Novaya Zemlya (never mentioned in the book again) into paragons of esoterism. Pavel Vozenilek 15:06, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
 * And I am very disappointed that esoteric subjects from chapter 5 do not mention the computer program in Basic. The mysterious world of software development has been denied of its rightful position, What a shame! Pavel Vozenilek 15:18, 23 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete - Somebody put a lot of work into it... but the entire premise of the book is that it ties together a lot of apparently loosely connected concepts and weaves together a clever, comprehensive story. To simply provide a list of the stuff would be like having a separate "list of ingredients" article for famous recipes, or "list of components" to complement the article on automobiles.  What we're left with is a list of trivia that one author, in one book, consolidated for literary purposes.  Also, from the article, "The words and subjects herein are widely considered archaic or esoteric," but by whom?  This is not well defined or verified by any third-party source.   ◄   Zahakiel   ►  19:05, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as a combination of unsourced trivia (of a sort), a plot guide and a list with exceptionally vague inclusionary criteria. Something tells me this is the kind of book which would keep me awake at night. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 05:26, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom., and all of the above.--JayJasper 19:40, 25 June 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.