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WP:TNT as a purely unencyclopedic article of original research. (Although since Dark Elves are already fictional, it doesn't make much sense anyway).
ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (
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15:02, 7 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Delete -
WP:TNT. I was thinking just based on the name that maybe a rename would be in order, but this entire article is like a problematic "in popular culture" section split off into its own article. The entire article is just a series of unsourced trivia about appearances of dark elves in various fictional properties. I think the article title "dark elves in fiction" is supposed to differentiate it from "dark elves in mythology" but it seems unnecessary. It's possible that this topic might be notable under a different name, but nothing about this iteration of the article is salvageable. -
Aoidh (
talk)
17:59, 9 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Eh. I get the TNT arguments. But I actually think that with sourcing, some organizational moves and some more context, this could be a reasonable article on Dark Elves. The sourcing is trivial for almost everything in the article. keep Second choice: move to my user space. I was looking for something like this to work on over the break.
Hobit (
talk)
16:45, 11 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Decent sources:
[1] is basically what our article should look like (but with sources). It could be used as a source. There are also things like
[2] which have serious and good coverage ("Dark Elves" gets dozens of hits, I'd have to get this on interlibrary loan). Other academic sources that appear promising include:
[3],
[4],
[5]. So yeah, I think this is a fine starting point for a real article. With a rename it certainly meets WP:N. And while the existing text isn't great, there is a lot of useful stuff there.
Hobit (
talk)
16:53, 11 December 2022 (UTC)reply
If you want to rewrite this now, be bold and go ahead an ping us when you think it's ready for a re-review. Otherwise, of course, I am totally fine with this being userfied in your space, to be restored when you finish said rewrite. The point is that the current state of the article is not acceptable (up to and including the very name). Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus|
reply here03:07, 12 December 2022 (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
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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.
Delete Per
WP:TNT as a purely unencyclopedic article of original research. (Although since Dark Elves are already fictional, it doesn't make much sense anyway).
ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (
ᴛ)
15:02, 7 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Delete -
WP:TNT. I was thinking just based on the name that maybe a rename would be in order, but this entire article is like a problematic "in popular culture" section split off into its own article. The entire article is just a series of unsourced trivia about appearances of dark elves in various fictional properties. I think the article title "dark elves in fiction" is supposed to differentiate it from "dark elves in mythology" but it seems unnecessary. It's possible that this topic might be notable under a different name, but nothing about this iteration of the article is salvageable. -
Aoidh (
talk)
17:59, 9 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Eh. I get the TNT arguments. But I actually think that with sourcing, some organizational moves and some more context, this could be a reasonable article on Dark Elves. The sourcing is trivial for almost everything in the article. keep Second choice: move to my user space. I was looking for something like this to work on over the break.
Hobit (
talk)
16:45, 11 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Decent sources:
[1] is basically what our article should look like (but with sources). It could be used as a source. There are also things like
[2] which have serious and good coverage ("Dark Elves" gets dozens of hits, I'd have to get this on interlibrary loan). Other academic sources that appear promising include:
[3],
[4],
[5]. So yeah, I think this is a fine starting point for a real article. With a rename it certainly meets WP:N. And while the existing text isn't great, there is a lot of useful stuff there.
Hobit (
talk)
16:53, 11 December 2022 (UTC)reply
If you want to rewrite this now, be bold and go ahead an ping us when you think it's ready for a re-review. Otherwise, of course, I am totally fine with this being userfied in your space, to be restored when you finish said rewrite. The point is that the current state of the article is not acceptable (up to and including the very name). Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus|
reply here03:07, 12 December 2022 (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
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