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I'm not entirely sure of the title of this article, but if its aim is to talk about shrinking in science fiction, then material concerning other kinds of fiction, and fiction in which no shrinking occurs, have no place in it. Nor do I see how 'shapeshifting' is related, to be honest. Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης) 14:25, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I see. Now I regret to create such article. I should create "resize" or "sizeshifting".
And new instances just keep puping up. AirBa 14:30, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Not really. The electrons are held at a certain distance from the nucleus by their electrical charge. You would have to sustain pressure on the atom, causing the elctrons to drop into lower orbitals. Since the innermost orbitals can only host decreasing numbers of electrons (as like poles repel, and the amount of space decreases the closer you get to the nucleus), the electrons would get knocked loose from the atom altogether, creating a free radical. As far as compressing multiple atoms together, the result would be a severe drop in temperature, killing any living organism. Comic book physics is not real life physics. Wandering Star 03:54, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
For an object that's solid at room temperature, I imagine similar effects would occur. Wandering Star ( talk) —Preceding comment was added at 21:06, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
I make the same proposal as Scorpionman above. As a dictionary definition, "resizing" is a good theme. But as an encyclopedia article, it's a little redundant and obvious. The article simply lists all the books and movies where people and things change size. This shouldn't need an explanation. I propose to delete the article, or else rewrite it. Editfromwithout ( talk) 16:09, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
This article needs to be organized some more so that it isn't a mishmash of essay and list. Also make sure it is compatible with and linkable to other Wikipedia articles such as shrink ray. AngusWOOF ( talk) 03:49, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
I think the giant categories are not gender neutrally named; and in fact most works of fiction have giantesses not giants. CensoredScribe ( talk) 23:56, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
Early examples.... "In Nintendo's Mario and Super Smash Bros. franchises" - really?
To who is some Nintendo game "early"? That was really part of the start of history of this idea in fiction? what about the reamayana? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.108.224.170 ( talk) 22:34, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
I did copyedit and some reorganization, but this article is still a mess. I feel the relevant bullet-point examples should to be re-written into prose with secondary-source explanation of why they are notable – the symbolism and how it serves thematically, the development of special effects, or cultural relevance – and the other examples should be removed. Reidgreg ( talk) 15:25, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved as requested per the discussion below; deletion, splitting, or merging is outside the scope of this close and discussion on those possibilities should continue as necessary. Dekimasu よ! 20:49, 13 June 2018 (UTC)
Resizing (fiction) → Size change in fiction – To correspond to the category of the same name, Category:Size change in fiction. ZXCVBNM ( TALK) 04:10, 1 June 2018 (UTC)--Relisting. ~ Winged Blades Godric 13:59, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
I've stubified the article on the basis of WP:Indiscriminate. I have no problem with this being undone, I just can't think of anything else to do with it. Desertarun ( talk) 14:54, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
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I'm not entirely sure of the title of this article, but if its aim is to talk about shrinking in science fiction, then material concerning other kinds of fiction, and fiction in which no shrinking occurs, have no place in it. Nor do I see how 'shapeshifting' is related, to be honest. Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης) 14:25, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I see. Now I regret to create such article. I should create "resize" or "sizeshifting".
And new instances just keep puping up. AirBa 14:30, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Not really. The electrons are held at a certain distance from the nucleus by their electrical charge. You would have to sustain pressure on the atom, causing the elctrons to drop into lower orbitals. Since the innermost orbitals can only host decreasing numbers of electrons (as like poles repel, and the amount of space decreases the closer you get to the nucleus), the electrons would get knocked loose from the atom altogether, creating a free radical. As far as compressing multiple atoms together, the result would be a severe drop in temperature, killing any living organism. Comic book physics is not real life physics. Wandering Star 03:54, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
For an object that's solid at room temperature, I imagine similar effects would occur. Wandering Star ( talk) —Preceding comment was added at 21:06, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
I make the same proposal as Scorpionman above. As a dictionary definition, "resizing" is a good theme. But as an encyclopedia article, it's a little redundant and obvious. The article simply lists all the books and movies where people and things change size. This shouldn't need an explanation. I propose to delete the article, or else rewrite it. Editfromwithout ( talk) 16:09, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
This article needs to be organized some more so that it isn't a mishmash of essay and list. Also make sure it is compatible with and linkable to other Wikipedia articles such as shrink ray. AngusWOOF ( talk) 03:49, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
I think the giant categories are not gender neutrally named; and in fact most works of fiction have giantesses not giants. CensoredScribe ( talk) 23:56, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
Early examples.... "In Nintendo's Mario and Super Smash Bros. franchises" - really?
To who is some Nintendo game "early"? That was really part of the start of history of this idea in fiction? what about the reamayana? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.108.224.170 ( talk) 22:34, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
I did copyedit and some reorganization, but this article is still a mess. I feel the relevant bullet-point examples should to be re-written into prose with secondary-source explanation of why they are notable – the symbolism and how it serves thematically, the development of special effects, or cultural relevance – and the other examples should be removed. Reidgreg ( talk) 15:25, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved as requested per the discussion below; deletion, splitting, or merging is outside the scope of this close and discussion on those possibilities should continue as necessary. Dekimasu よ! 20:49, 13 June 2018 (UTC)
Resizing (fiction) → Size change in fiction – To correspond to the category of the same name, Category:Size change in fiction. ZXCVBNM ( TALK) 04:10, 1 June 2018 (UTC)--Relisting. ~ Winged Blades Godric 13:59, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
I've stubified the article on the basis of WP:Indiscriminate. I have no problem with this being undone, I just can't think of anything else to do with it. Desertarun ( talk) 14:54, 12 November 2020 (UTC)