Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Science fiction and fantasy

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The result was delete. PeaceNT 04:51, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Science fiction and fantasy

This is just an essay and not really any kind of an encyclopedic article. I can't see how to begin sourcing an opinion piece like this which makes me think it doesn't belong here at all.BirgitteSB 17:36, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

• Delete I agree what we have is pretty useless. I think an article could be written on the relationship between the genres, attempts to define them, etc. - but this isn't it. I could probably write one myself, but it would require more effort than I currently feel like putting out. Brianyoumans 17:46, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
• Delete as WP:OR. The relationship between the two genres is already discussed in Science fiction#Speculative fiction, fantasy, and horror. Clarityfiend 18:38, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Nice essay, but Wikipedia is not the place for nice essays, no matter how well written. Mandsford 20:19, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
• Delete don't see any need to have an article on something and something else when separate articles exist and are cross-referenced. Even if you could write an article on the relationship between the two genres, I'd still be unsure about giving it a separate page unless it was notable independent of the individual subjects. Cosmo0 20:24, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Generally, fantasy with sci-fi elements falls under space opera. This essay tries to dress up the intersection as something other than the majority viewpoint. --Dhartung | Talk 20:40, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Just more WP:OR for the wood pile. Burntsauce 21:37, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
• 'Delete as per WP:NOT#OR. Tbo ¹⁵⁷(talk) (review) 17:41, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
• Comment. No opinion on current article, but science fiction and fantasy (sf&f) is often used as the name for a joint genre, so it would be ideal if a redirect or dab page were left in place if this article is deleted. Espresso Addict 18:40, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction & Fantasy-related deletions. --Gavin Collins 22:40, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Science fiction is notable as a literary genre and so is fantasy, but this article is so vague about its topic that it doesn't make sense to keep it. (I'm pretty sure we already have articles about the two genres already, too.) 20:00, 14 October 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rray (talk • contribs)

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.