- 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. Jayjg (talk) 02:34, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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None of the material in this article is attributed to secondary sources, and no secondary sources analyze this plot element of a science fiction series. Relevant Wikipedia policies and guidelines that support deletion of this topic include WP:OR, WP:PSTS, WP:NOT#PLOT and WP:N. Merging is not necessary, since all material that has secondary sources (and some that has only primary sources) can be found in Catherine Asaro#Saga of the Skolian Empire series. Abductive (reasoning) 17:43, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete as per nom. This article is written largely in in-universe style, which is not itself a reason to delete (rather to re-write) but is often a tip-off that excessive, non-encyclopedic detail is being included on a fictional topic. Drtailed Wikipedia coverage of plot elements of a fictional work is IMO generally not justified unless there is impact outside the work itself, sometimes called "Real-world impact" or unless the work has significant cultural impact of its own. In either case secondary coverage of the plot element is highly likely. Without such coverage WP:OR is very likely involved, at least a synthesis from the fictional work. DES (talk) 18:30, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete Is mostly a list. Debresser (talk) 18:42, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete Even if it could be sourced, do we really need an article about any fictional entity ever thought up? No real-world notability. --Crusio (talk) 19:33, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete per nom, the above, and the article issues. Cheers, Jack Merridew 23:32, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- 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.