Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of supernova weapons in science fiction


 * 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, per WP:NOR, WP:INDISCRIMINATE. Jayjg (talk) 04:56, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

List of supernova weapons in science fiction
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This listcruft is a needless overcategorization. It is too specific to be useful, and serves no navigational purpose. It also hinges on original research in that it seems to call any destruction of a star a supernova (a nova is a very different thing to a supernova). Reyk YO!  01:12, 10 July 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget  00:10, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Though the article's content may be helpful at a science fiction wiki, it fails WP:INDISCRIMINATE. --khfan93 01:38, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions.  --  N / A  0  04:49, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Reasonable list of incidences in fiction. No reason this couldn't be sourced independently.  Google News Archive and Books searches seem to have a few gems among the false positives. One of the better reasons for keeping this article, however, is that it gives a place for "in popular culture..." topics to appropriately go rather than cluttering up a science-based Supernova article, in which the content would be less appropriate. Jclemens (talk)
 * You might as well remove the "science fiction" part from that search because I don't think that supernova weapons are likely to feature much in, say, historical romance novels. Reyk  YO!  06:44, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:23, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. I call foul: some of the entries are only for novas. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:40, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per Jclemens. A reasonable basis for a list article, and each entry is blue linked. Artw (talk) 05:12, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete - could not find meaningful coverage to establish notability of subject of the list, thus it is WP:INDISCRIMINATE (also WP:NOTDIR). It is unsourced as well, and many of the blue links do not have sources themselves for the fictional element in question.--70.80.234.196 (talk) 01:50, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. These are presumptively (i.e. blue-linked) notable elements of undoubtedly notable works, but I don't see that the thread brining them together is established by coverage in reliable sources rather than original research.  That being the case this is not an appropriate topic for a list.  Eluchil404 (talk) 04:31, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete I don't think the topic of supernova weapons in science fiction is notable, but if it would be the article would need to be rewritten from the ground up since what is given here is nothing but trivia, and much of it appears to be original research. I would also oppose a merge as this type of writing isn't appropriate in any article.  Them  From  Space  04:46, 22 July 2010 (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.