Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thematic motifs of the Matrix series


 * 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. If anyone wants to userfy, then please notify me. — Kurykh  23:59, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Thematic motifs of the Matrix series

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The article is interesting, no doubt, but it's an essay. Almost the entire article is unsourced (and has been for some time), and even if appropriate citations were gathered, it would still primarily be original research. It's a nice idea for an essay or scholarly paper, but it does not live up to the standards of verifiability that a Wikipedia article demands. Calgary 02:09, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong delete. I like the idea behind it, but it's totally an essay, totally WP:OR, totally unencyclopedic, etc. etc. Ten Pound Hammer  • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 02:30, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Per WP:OR - I dont think its an encyclopedia's place to analyze stuff and come up with conclusions Corpx 02:44, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:OR. This is definitely an essay. Wikipedia is not an essay repository. Transwiki to Wikibooks maybe? Bart133 (t) (c) 03:27, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Merge. Excellent information painstakingly compiled, what a waste it would be to delete it? Dfrg.msc 04:53, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, but if proper sources cannot be attributed, and the article is comprised mostly of original research, the content doesn't belong on Wikipedia, in it's own article or in another. Calgary 05:20, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Has the author been notified? I don't think he has (the last edit to his talk page was on July 9). At least give him a chance go preserve it in his user space. Wl219 11:01, 18 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Strong Merge as per Dfrg, and notify the (many) contributors. The Matrix has a cult following (in the same sense that Star Wars does, cult-classic rather than bizarre-cult) and the article suffers mostly from the essay like form in which it is written.  Mandsford 02:36, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, but just like Philosophy and religion in Star Wars the article contains virtually no citations of any kind, and unless some appropriate sources can be attributed to it, I don't see why it should be kept at all, so long as it's original research. The problem is not the form, the problem is the content. Calgary 03:16, 22 July 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.