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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 10:54, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

List of wars in fiction (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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This seems like a totally unreferenced fork of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/War in popular culture. The argument I used there applies here in its entirety: "Arguably, a very interesting topic. Possibly notable (ex. the existence of works like [1]), but not in this WP:TNTable form of a completely unreferenced TVtropic listcruft aka List of all media that mention the topic of war (the lead even admits the goal: "The following is a list of pop culture references to war."). Like all similar articles (ex. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United States Navy SEALs in popular culture), it fails numerous policies, guidelines and like: as an 'in popular culture' article, WP:IPC and MOS:POPCULT/TRIVIA, as a list, WP:NLIST and WP:SALAT, as a potential topic, WP:GNG and WP:INDISCRIMINATE, due to lack of references, WP:OR and WP:V. That's what TV Tropes is for, folks. Or https://military-history.fandom.com". I'll also ping editors who commended so far at that other AfD: @Reywas92, Rorshacma, Daranios, Johnpacklambert, TenPoundHammer, and Kierzek: @Zxcvbnm, Azuredivay, Intothatdarkness, Georgethedragonslayer, Shooterwalker, and Jclemens: _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:44, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements, Military, and Lists. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:44, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Pure example farm with no actual encyclopedic value. Wikipedia isn't TV Tropes, etc. Fails WP:NLIST. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 08:46, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Not an encyclopedic list, cumbersome format, and "Wars in a fantasy setting" has poorly-defined inclusion criteria. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 09:25, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete This is a list that does not have adequate sourcing and is otherwise not justified. If the wars are important to works we can mention them there. I was actually expecting this to list real wars and what fiction had them, but thinking about that, I am sure there are way too many cases of fiction set in WWI, WWII and the American Civil War among others to ever list, especially since sometimes the war is an incidental ackground detail.John Pack Lambert (talk) 12:10, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete In addition to being poorly sourced this list is unencyclopedic. I agree with Johnpacklambert that this article is not justified and thatfictional wars can simply be included in the pages for the works they are referenced in Googleguy007 (talk) 13:23, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - Completely unsourced list of trivia. There is not a single bit of prose text discussing the overall concept, and nearly all of the examples listed are not notable at all. Rorshacma (talk) 14:55, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, unsourced, unverifiable, indiscriminate. Exactly why I wrote WP:NOTTVTROPES. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 15:16, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Deleteper nom and others. Seems pointless to me.Intothatdarkness 22:35, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as indiscriminately large and vague, which is something that is WP:NOT appropriate for Wikipedia. The proper encyclopedic treatment for this topic can be seen in War film or War novel, which doesn't try to capture every single instance of violence in every single work of fiction ever made, but covers the notable aspects of the topic with proper analysis and context. Shooterwalker (talk) 02:05, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete No need of a broad article because Category:Wars in fiction is certainly enough. Zakaria ښه راغلاست (talk) 21:43, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Same as my explanation at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/War in popular culture. Georgethedragonslayer (talk) 14:42, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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