Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Space Marine

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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 (non-admin closure). Pablo Talk | Contributions 08:55, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Space Marine

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This article is almost entirely original research; with two exceptions, it draws connections between different sci-fi military groups and ORingly calls them "space marines." Imperial Stormtroopers = space marines? Riiight. Additionally, there is no assertion of notability -- the article is essentially, "Books and game have marines in space", and does not attempt to answer the "So what?" question. --EEMeltonIV 04:59, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep', well known science fiction motif, I'm preety sure I've seen the term used in some Science fiction reference books. --Eldarone 23:55, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Question - If it's so well-known (and I suppose you're implying notable), why doesn't this 3.5-year-old article have a citation to any reliable sources discussing this motif? --EEMeltonIV 03:12, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
    • Unless you have access to a copy of the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, the Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, or similar reference readily available, then it's hard to cite. SF References are hard to come by, and the only ones I know of are in University libraries. --Eldarone 22:04, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep per above. JJL 00:14, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep The article might need cleaning up, but "space marines" are a pretty substantial part of sci-fi. Cogswobbletalk 04:53, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, not so much OR as just unreferenced. As sf is not without its share of critical commentary, it is likely any problem statements can be sourced (including connecting the stormtrooper/marine concept). --Dhartung | Talk 08:08, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per above. — RJH (talk) 16:46, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak delete space marine as spaceshipborne troops is too vague... the Starship Toopers Mobile Infantry, Star Wars Stormtroopers, , or whatever could be covered. 132.205.44.5 03:09, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, but expandBlindsnyper 21:50, 10 October 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.