Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Swords in 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 redirect to List of fictional swords. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  11:04, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Swords in fiction

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No critical commentary, single source, very much WP:IINFO -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 08:05, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
 * WP:TNT delete as just someone's essay. Now, someone could write a real article sourced to real literary analysis of how swords function as a literary trope, but this is not even vaguely that article. Mangoe (talk) 12:14, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 14:32, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 14:32, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
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 * Redirect to the much-better List of fictional swords. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 04:48, 24 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Redirect to List of fictional swords.   Hawkeye7   (discuss)  05:47, 24 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Redirect and move to this title The "list" is nothing but OR and fancruft. The article would be better under this title. I supported this at Articles for deletion/List of fictional swords (4th nomination), as essentially did User:Zxcvbnm (the present page's creator and the most recent AFD nominator for that article), and it might be worth noting that none of the keep !votes there actually opposed this alternative proposal. Hijiri 88 ( 聖やや ) 07:32, 24 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Redirect to List of fictional swords. L293D (<b style="color:#000">☎</b> • <b style="color:#000">✎</b>) 15:27, 25 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep and merge list to this title Mostly per User:Hijiri88. The list is patent fancruft, and the article, while not having many sources, is still encyclopedic, unlike the list. It is important to note that the article was created as a suitable replacement for the fancrufty list. AFD is not cleanup, and this nomination was made solely on the notion that the current version of the article is not well sourced. WP:SOFIXIT should have been applied, not a spurious deletion.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 22:36, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
 * For the record, I'm in favour of preserving the page history at the active (non-redirect) title; whether this involves deleting Swords in fiction and moving List of fictional swords, or not deleting anything and just switching the titles and redirecting the "list" title, or a histmerge doesn't matter to me. However, I don't think this AFD should be closed as either "redirect; discussion of moving the original page to this title is not an issue for AFD and can be discussed elsewhere", since I don't think AFD should have been used in this instance in the first place. If the closer wants to say "no consensus; please use RM" that would be okay, I guess. But it would be better if the issue was resolved from this discussion, and simply redirecting this title would make the issue worse, not better. Hijiri 88 ( 聖やや ) 06:01, 26 August 2018 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. <b style="color:red">Please do not modify it.</b> 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.