Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Small Magellanic Cloud (Star Fleet Universe)

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 of the debate was Keep (No consensus). What would be nifty would be if someone actually transwikied these to MA and THEN nomed them for deletion, then they'd go... Counting noses, the deletes have it, but we don't count noses, we judge consensus and the keeps on balance are strong enough IMHO that this is a no consensus. --++Lar: t/c 05:00, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Small Magellanic Cloud (Star Fleet Universe)

This seems like a very specialized part of a fictional world. I realize people like articles on their favorite TV shows and movies and bands, but I don't see how this article fits into a general encyclopedia. I like to see articles on real world topics myself, but that's just my preference. Isn't there a place for this stuff at Memory Alpha? Erik the Rude 22:36, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - Well, there's a page up for the Omega Octant - another setting within the Star Fleet Universe - and the SMC is as relevant to the SFU as Omega is (perhaps more so, as unlike Omega it has Alpha races present within the established timeline). MA likes to keep its focus on Paramount Trek, so we've found a home for the SFU here at Wikipedia - why is that such a bad thing? --Nerroth 22:42, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - There are articles for many of the elements of this Star Fleet Universe ... see Category:Star Fleet Universe ... this article appears to be a part of a series of articles on a handful of games that take place in this universe. I wouldn't have too much of a problem with exiling the whole kit and caboodle to Memory Alpha as suggested by the nominator, but as it is, it doesn't really make sense to just delete one of the articles. BigDT 23:18, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

• Comment All these Star Fleet Universe articles should be put up for AfD discussion - this is rampant runaway fancruft, and most of it probably should be transferred to Memory Alpha or another Trek wiki Bwithh 07:27, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - This particular article is a somewhat weak end of the SFU section (I doubt it'll have much call to get bigger any time soon), but the main article's too big to keep all of this sort of thing internally. Also, Memory Alpha tends to be just for Star Trek canon material, at the expense of separate spin-off properties, even if based on a game that's been in print for nearly 30 years now. (Of course, if you look at my contributions, I am biased here. ^_^) --Rindis 03:49, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

• Comment if Memory Alpha won't take it, then it seems like it shouldn't exist on WikiPedia at all. Does someone want to make a "Memory Omega" or Memeory Beta wiki for non-canon Trek? Afterall, Memory Alpha is the specialist Trek wiki, if it's not acceptable there, I don't see that it should be here. 70.51.9.70 04:12, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

• Strong Delete Obscure fancruft/trekkiecruft. Inappropriate for an encyclopedia. Create a new wiki for non-canonical Trek entries if Memory Alpha won't take it , as the above user suggests Bwithh 07:25, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
• Strong delete, per Bwithh. - Motor (talk) 09:57, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. We need SFU articles, but not too many. This is the cruftier end, and should go. -- GWO
• Delete per nom; textbook fancruft. Sandstein 19:31, 5 June 2006 (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.