Talk:Published alternate histories

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[edit] Needs work

This is a pretty sloppy list, even if it's meant to be "random." Is there a standard format for book lists like this when there's no actual article? I'll go in and regularize it and tidy it up when I get caught up on Real World work. And probably add a number of titles, since I can think of at least a dozen classics just off-hand.

Also, I don't think supplements to a role-playing game qualify as "fiction." --Michael K. Smith 18:49, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Following is a somewhat random sampling:"

What a self-damning statement! Can this page possibly be made into either a meaningfully complete or a meaningfully exclusive list?

Can some kind of externally-sourced criteria be established? Recently, List of major opera composers struggled with a similar who-to-include problem, and went with a list of composers mentioned in a majority of overviews of the art in reputable music encyclopedias.

Could a similar standard be established here? What are some reputable science-fiction publications that could be used as the basis for inclusion?

Dybryd 19:29, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed merge with Alternate history

  • Oppose. This was apparently separated from Alternate history for the very good reason that two large articles are better than one huge article.--Kineticman 07:44, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose - for the same reasons. Both articles are already very big and the article would be too big with those 2 merged. --Maxl 23:33, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
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