Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sector (Star Trek) (2nd nomination)


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The result was   merge to Galactic quadrant (Star Trek). Mark Arsten (talk) 03:28, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Sector (Star Trek)
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Prodded as non-notable, but previously went to AFD. Nothing but in-universe fancruft, no sourcing. Previous AFD resulted in "delete". Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 03:10, 22 November 2013 (UTC)


 * delete unsourced fancrufty padding around a single sentence of unknown authority. Mangoe (talk) 03:23, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

- Well, I do know that the most confusing and highly sought after piece of information regarding Star Trek is understanding space travel / speed. Now I am just a greasy science fiction nerd who doesn't understand hyperfluatant Wikipedia standards, but I don't see the harm in having accurate information that people want in the Encyclopedia. Sector is a word that has some 8 or so odd meanings, and it seems important to me to disambiguate them all, especially if you're a school child trying to write a report. The original article was deleted because it was just a jumble of episode references without any concrete information.

I don't know what "fancruft" means, but it sounds like an insult. It seems to me you are accusing me of making things up. Can you clarify please? To my recollection, there were three citations in this article when I wrote it. I wonder where they all went? It seems to me this article could use help to be brought up to "Wikipedia standards." I'm not against that. I think it's odd that this community is always trying to tear down what they don't like instead of improving on it. But that's just me. ---Article Author
 * Delete. Sorry, but just because something is "accurate" (in-universe at least) and WP:USEFUL for some is not enough for inclusion in Wikipedia. I assume the references you were referring to were from Memory Alpha. That's where this article belongs, not here. (Yes, WP:FANCRUFT is mildly insulting.) Clarityfiend (talk) 06:27, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
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 * History Merge content to Galactic_quadrant_(Star_Trek) and Delete (as a non-searchable title). Talking about sectors in light of the Galactic Quadrant (in universe) seems to make sense and a way to retain some of this. --M ASEM (t) 16:19, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Merge per Masem, but keep the redirect per WP:MAD. Jclemens (talk) 06:56, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. Belongs on Wikia, not Wikipedia.  If people want to learn in-universe trivia, they can always check out fansites, of which there are plenty.  If people really want to merge this unreferenced material, I suppose that's acceptable, but it probably won't survive for long before someone removes it. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 14:34, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
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