Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Buffyverse studies

Buffyverse studies

I don't think this is sufficiently encyclopedic. Delete. --Nlu (talk) 15:38, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. I think it has the potential to be encyclopedic. At present it's mostly just a list of Books about Buffy with one link to an online scholarly journal. But this subject does seem to be taken seriously (and studied seriously) but many published authors. I'd let this article continue to grow and expand. Scorpiondollprincess 15:57, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as WP:OR and non-notable - there's no evidence that the concept isn't made up (lumping some books and a website together doesn't cut it - the website is on Buffy studies rather than Buffyverse studies anyway). If it gets some references I'll change my opinion (weak-minded fool that I am) Yomangani 17:24, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as non-notable original research. Fancruft in disguise. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 03:27, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• delete WP:NEO neologism. we could reinstate it of any reputable university has a course on it. Any useful content here can be merged into Buffy the Vampire Slayer Ohconfucius 03:48, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom Konman72 06:33, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• NOTE: At this point in the discussion the article underwent a major edit in efforts to improve the article.

• Keep - For several reasons:

Edited - I gave the article a fairly major overhaul, but think the article has the potential to further improve, and offer an impartial perspective on this polarising phenomenon; there are those who believe that this is a topic worthy of study, and those who believe academics should be doing better things with their time. The article can grow and improve to cite sources from both sides. The study of Buffy has not declined since the show ended, with many acdemics finding it easier to now analyse the series as one complete and closed 'text' - so the topic will continue to grow. And I think it deserves a tiny little space here at Wikipeda. There are several things that people should take into account before voting.

Navigation - The article is needed for navigation for anyone looking for Buffyverse academia info rather than looking for one of the specific books.

Dictionary? - The article isn't supposed to be saying that "Buffyverse studies" is a widely used term or a concept. The article is about the study of the Buffyverse, so the article is called 'Buffyverse studies'. ..On a side note "Buffy studies" is kinda widely used by the acdemics who study the show, and Googling using speech marks for an exact phrase ("Buffy studies") gets over 26 000 results. It's mainly been popularised by the popularity of www.slayage.tv. But this isn't given more than a brief mention in a footnote in the article.

Notability - I can't help thinking that this topic is a lot more notable than people realise. It already has over a dozen published books (with more planned during 2006-7), and hundreds of articles (take a look at this massive extensive bibliogrpahy). Conferences relating to the study of Buffy have been held at Universities (including University of East Anglia, and University of Huddersfield). The topic appeared on the front page of Salon.com back in 2002 (see [1]) and even in the Financial Times), amongst others. I found a few articles about this topic and added them in external links (or cited them for info).

Are there still any major issues that people have with the article that might be addressed? -- Paxomen 12:06, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - very good work Paxomen - the UEA conference establishes enough notability for it as far as I'm concerned (although it would be better at Buffy studies with the redirect pointing there, as that seems to be the more generally accepted term). Yomangani 12:51, 9 August 2006 (UTC)