Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Second Life in popular culture


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The result was merge to Second Life. (non-admin closure) SST  flyer  10:29, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Second Life in popular culture

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Wikipedia is not TVTropes. KATMAKROFAN (talk) 00:10, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete If there was a source that mainly discussed Second Life's popular culture, this article wouldn't be grounds for deletion due to the fact that all it can offer is WP:INDISCRIMINATE info editorEهեইдအ😎 11:29, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - a list of random trivia doth not an article make. Perhaps the "various popular culture mediums" can, however, see far enough into the future to detect signs of impending notability. Back here on planet earth, suitable sources are lacking, the NYT article (the same one is shown twice) notwithstanding. Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:53, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge with Second Life. Lots of the items are not really popular culture, but anything with a source could be mentioned in the main article. Kitfoxxe (talk) 15:39, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Izno (talk) 16:28, 12 October 2016 (UTC)


 * I am inclined to a Merge along the efforts that I put into merging parkour in popular culture: Selectively merge the content that has a) merit to the topic of Second Life to the popular culture trivium in question and is b) reliably sourced in the connection between the topics and preferably c) the trivium has an article of its own e.g. "The feature film Beautiful Kate (2009) contains a scene where Rachel Griffiths' character demonstrates her avatar in Second Life to her brother (played by Ben Mendelsohn)" would not be merged because it is irrelevant to Second Life; "The feature film Gamer (2009) depicts an ultra-real parody of Second Life, called Society, in which players control real people, whose free will has been forfeit in exchange for being well paid." would not be merged because it has no source connecting it directly; "Peter Anghelides' novel Another Life (2007), based upon the television series Torchwood, features a Second Life-inspired virtual world called Second Reality ..." would not be merged because it has no article of its own; but "Redzone were credited by Wired and Reuters as the first band to tour in Second Life in February 2007, followed by Beyond the void as the first official rock band touring in Second Life (open PR, March 2007)." might be merge-able content because it meets all the criteria. I really should write an essay on the topic... --Izno (talk) 16:35, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge There are a few notable appearances of Second Life in the popular culture that can be sourced (The CSI episodes for example, I still remember the reaction to those), but as per WP:TRIVIA, only those that can be sourced to secondary sources should be included, which would likely trim this list significantly and make it a reasonable merge approach. --M ASEM (t) 16:43, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge - There is definately notable aspects of this article but it shouldn't be its own article. It should be included in the main SL article. –  J U M P G U R U   ■ ask ㋐㋜㋗ ■ 04:50, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge - not quite needing a split due to size, I would say, and I agree with Izno above. Yvarta (talk) 15:41, 17 October 2016 (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.