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The result was delete. Complex/ Rational 02:57, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
World government in fiction
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This is the usual fancrufty mess (similar to
Wikipedia: Articles for deletion/Political ideas in science fiction). Let's see. Zero references for the prose part, only few footnotes for the very long list of examples (99% of which is unreferenced). While the topic might be notable (might; my BEFORE failed to locate anything good), the current execution fails
WP:V,
WP:OR,
WP:IPC/
MOS:TRIVIA, as well as
WP:NLIST/
WP:LISTN. This was split from
World government in 2005, then completely removed from that article, and this one hasn't improved in ~20 years - it is pure
WP:NOTTVTROPES. At best, we could
WP:ATD-R it back to
World government, except there is no section to target(update: there is now, but it is unreferenced - I split it from the lead), and not a single ref discussing this concept. Maybe
United Nations in popular culture, which is somewhat better, could be a plausible redirect instead?
Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus|
reply here
02:35, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements, Science fiction and fantasy, Politics, Popular culture, and Lists. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:35, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
- Delete Yet another situation where an example farm that should've been deleted, was swept under the rug instead. An unnecessary split with no redeeming value. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ᴛ) 19:19, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
- Delete per nomination. BottleOfChocolateMilk ( talk) 21:31, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
- Delete as WP:IINFO and WP:OR. The idea of ruling the world is probably as old as fiction itself. The examples are unverifiable in practice, with most of them unverified at present. Shooterwalker ( talk) 21:53, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
- Delete close to WP:OR. ArvindPalaskar ( talk) 15:52, 27 March 2024 (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.
- 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. Complex/ Rational 02:57, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
World government in fiction
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- World government in fiction ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – ( View log | edits since nomination)
- (Find sources: Google ( books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)
This is the usual fancrufty mess (similar to
Wikipedia: Articles for deletion/Political ideas in science fiction). Let's see. Zero references for the prose part, only few footnotes for the very long list of examples (99% of which is unreferenced). While the topic might be notable (might; my BEFORE failed to locate anything good), the current execution fails
WP:V,
WP:OR,
WP:IPC/
MOS:TRIVIA, as well as
WP:NLIST/
WP:LISTN. This was split from
World government in 2005, then completely removed from that article, and this one hasn't improved in ~20 years - it is pure
WP:NOTTVTROPES. At best, we could
WP:ATD-R it back to
World government, except there is no section to target(update: there is now, but it is unreferenced - I split it from the lead), and not a single ref discussing this concept. Maybe
United Nations in popular culture, which is somewhat better, could be a plausible redirect instead?
Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus|
reply here
02:35, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements, Science fiction and fantasy, Politics, Popular culture, and Lists. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:35, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
- Delete Yet another situation where an example farm that should've been deleted, was swept under the rug instead. An unnecessary split with no redeeming value. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ᴛ) 19:19, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
- Delete per nomination. BottleOfChocolateMilk ( talk) 21:31, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
- Delete as WP:IINFO and WP:OR. The idea of ruling the world is probably as old as fiction itself. The examples are unverifiable in practice, with most of them unverified at present. Shooterwalker ( talk) 21:53, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
- Delete close to WP:OR. ArvindPalaskar ( talk) 15:52, 27 March 2024 (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.