Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Electrokinesis in fiction

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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. Note that a merge of this does not make sense as the article contained the following statement:

Electrokinesis in fiction bears little or no relation to its factual namesake.

—Doug Bell talk 11:08, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Electrokinesis in fiction

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Neologism. Article has been criticized heavily for its poor content, degenerating to "electrokinesis in the role-playing game GURPS", which is totally not notable. It's just very silly, and it exists only due to a persistent wish to have it exist. ~ZytheTalk to me! 12:21, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete per nom. MER-C 13:16, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge and redict - The Electrokinesis article is really short, so there might as well be a separate section for Electrokinesis in fiction, and not a whole separate article. Jayden54 14:14, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete a neologism of no particular relevance to the factual construct, references do not seem to be reliable sources, I see no credible evidence that this term is used in the fictional universes to which the article refers. If that can be fixed, fine, but otherwise it has to go. Guy (Help!) 14:38, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge and redirect Could be placed (as said by MER-C) in the Electrokinesis article due to the current article's shortness. Jamesbuc
  • Keep if it can be sourced, otherwise, Delete. Strongly oppose merging to Electrokinesis. Note that a rather lengthy discussion regarding this is at Talk:-kinesis (including my reasons for opposing the merger). This is part of an ongoing attempt to reverse an unfortunate addition of neologisms in List of comic book superpowers. (See discussion at Talk:List of comic book superpowers/Archive 4#Neologisms.) - jc37 17:01, 6 December 2006 (UTC) [Doesn't look like it will be further sourced. - jc37 16:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)]
  • Delete or Merge into Electrokinesis per Jayden 54 and my comments at Talk:-kinesis. CovenantD 18:42, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom and neologism policy. The term electrokinesis is used in almost none of the fiction that has been referred (which you don't see presently because I previously deleted most of it, although some people keep wanting to reinsert the list of electro-powered characters). Therefore, this is a simple infliction of a neologism in violation of Wikipedia guidelines. The use of it to refer to a superpower has nothing to do with the scientific use of the word, so this is effectively a homynym and still neologism. Doczilla 08:43, 9 December 2006 (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.