Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/General Science-Fiction Timeline

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 18:59, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] General Science-Fiction Timeline

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Contested prod. A list of completely unrelated fictional facts, without any secondary sources, outside commentary, ... WP:NOT an indiscriminate collection of facts, and this is a potentially endless list of unrelated facts. Looks from the remark on the talk page to be original research, which is yet another reason to delete it. Fram 19:52, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

• Dear god, delete. This is so very wrong and is a flagrant violation of WP:NOT. Collection of unrelated facts is putting this lightly. Arkyan • ^(talk) 20:32, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. It's a somewhat entertaining list of semi-obscure fictional events but that doesn't change the fact that it's an indiscriminate collection of information. Handy for (SF-related) research purposes, I suppose, but still in violation of policy, in parts WP:OR and, realistically, very much unmaintainable. Please also note Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Timeline_of_fictional_historical_events. -- Seed 2.0 21:34, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
• My opinion is unchanged from what it was for both Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Timeline of fictional historical events, Timeline of fictional future events and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Timeline of fictional historical events prior to the 20th century. Grouping the events by date, instead of by fictional universe, is simply the wrong way to go about this. Notice that List of fictional timelines does this the right way. This is simply the resurrection of a bad idea. The rationale that I gave in January 2005 still applies. Uncle G 22:19, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
• Weak keep It's not indiscriminate--in fact one objection might be the limitation to some of the major series. I find it an interesting viewpoint. It might just possibly fit into wikibooks. It would be a shame to lose the work. DGG 05:20, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

I have to admit that I don't see much of a "limitation to some of the major series" when it includes items from Harsh Realm, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Century City (TV series), Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, or Exosquad. I don't think any of these (and many others used in the timeline) can be described as defining moments in the history of science fiction, and are instead indicators of how huge this list can easily become. There is no clear guide what to include and what not (and I doubt such a rule could be given), and thus it is indiscriminate. Fram 07:42, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete, possibly merge some into more topical list such as timelines for sci-fi literature, films etc. This is just too unfocused, random and potentially massive, and would prevent it from being an appreciated resource. MURGH ^disc. 12:01, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete; A truly random listing of works that, in most cases, simply happen to provide a future date for their events. Nifboy 12:34, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per UncleG and as non encyclopidic. On the other hand, the list is brilliant, funny, and entertaining, and would make a great addition to someones personal website, perhaps. Smmurphy^(Talk) 05:01, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

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