Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nanotechnology 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 no consensus. ELIMINATORJR TALK 01:04, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nanotechnology in fiction

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Indiscriminate collection of trivia. Lacks any kind of useful or sourced analysis. --Eyrian 18:06, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Strong delete, indiscriminate list, not at all useful or sourced, trivial, you name it. Ten Pound Hammer • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 18:20, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, the article should be renamed along the lines of "Nanotechnology in Popular Culture", and a little elbow grease could drastically fix this list. Possible other sections may include Fictional Nanotechnology, and organization of Nano. into similar viens. Zidel333 18:35, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Yeah, renaming it "Nanotechnology in Popular Culture" would make everyone change their minds. It is a very thorough collection of references to nanotechnology, and it could benefit from cleanup. I can't bring myself to vote to keep, however, nor to delete. Nanotechnology, for the time being, is simply a plot device that ranks up there with magic powers. Mandsford 01:27, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - another directory of loosely associated topics. Otto4711 21:15, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per another trivia-filled collection. I guess I should monitor the in fiction articles as well.--JForget 00:33, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
and so shall I. :) DGG (talk) 02:21, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
And so shall I. Start monitoring, and please make sure every one is carrying a hall pass. :) Mandsford 01:27, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Trivia WP:5 Corpx 02:20, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep on the basis of the encyclopedic content it does include. Delete without prejudice to re-creation' ; much of the contents is not encyclopedic, but some of them are major themes in the works. Articles discussing the works of art written on a major theme or subject are closely related and not trivia. Fiction can be related by having the same author, or the same series, or the same subject, and all three of these are significant. But the items need more of a discussion for a valid article. By now there should be secondary works as well. But it would be just as well to start over. DGG (talk) 02:28, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: this discussion has been notified to the WikiProject Novels/GeneralForum. It may also concern other projects. DGG (talk) 02:32, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep I am not sure what a "firm association" is compared to a loose association. I don't see this as trivia at all, its subject matter for fiction no different than ones used in time travel article. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 04:15, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete as trivia collection. If some cultural impact is to be demonstrated, this can be done in prose, with references and in the main article. Bullet lists of simple trivia, on the other hand, has no place here. Punkmorten 00:42, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep with revision The article itself would be useful, albeit in a different format. As it is, it is little more than a list of works containing mentions of nanotechnology. If someone was willing to turn it into an actual article containing a discussion of nanotechnology and its uses in fiction, it would serve much better. Gizzakk 16:12, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, although as it stands today is a terrible article. Needs to be either turned into a true list (in which case I agree it's merit is questionable), or needs to be renamed Nanotechnology in Popular Culture and include some verifiable third-pary sources, etc. My sense is that there is an article here waiting to come forward, and although the current version is of marginal value, the solution should be to turn this into a proper article, not delete it. Fairsing 01:08, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete WP:TRIVIA. i (said) (did) 10:23, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - non-encyclopedic trivia. IPSOS (talk) 23:12, 29 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.