Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trekdom
- 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 redirect to Trekkie fishhead64 05:58, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Mostly an indiscriminate catalog of clubs whose notability is not verifiable, to say nothing of the various histories that some include. Includes at least one fan website -- TrekBBS -- that originally had its own article that has since been deleted; some content was merely copy-and-pasted here and, like the other entries here, is a series of unsubstantiated assertions. Article has been tagged for lack of citations since September; still, the closest thing to a reference is a mention of a Fox News report that uses the term "trekdom". Lacking any verifiable assertion of notability for the groups mentioned, I believe that the bigger-picture notion of "Star Trek fandom" -- e.g. its influence on popular culture -- is sufficiently and more appropriately covered at Star Trek#Cultural impact, and additional information that meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion (none of which is visible at Trekdom) should be added there. --EEMeltonIV 05:22, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Redirect to Star Trek#Cultural impact, per nom. Will (I hope they cannot see, I AM THE GREAT DESTROYER!) 13:31, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Redirect as above, else Delete. Absolutely no reason this needs an article of its own, and as written it mainly seems like an excuse for the enormous chunk of external linkage at the end. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 15:51, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Set phasers to kill and replace this with a redirect to Trekkie. A bunch of Trekkies are still Trekkies and creating a hodgepodge list of Trek fanclubs is rather directoryish. I think it's a better redirect target than suggested previously but would be OK with that too. Arkyan • (talk) 15:53, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Set phasers to kill and replace this with a redirect to Trekkie.Same reason as above.--Star Wars Freak Star Wars Freak 01:58, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Redirect to Trekkie seems more appropriate than Star Trek#Cultural impact due to the fact that Trekdom is more associated with Star Trek fandom than the program's influence on the culture at large. I agree the article is more a directory than something that looks easily verifiable and notable in major news sources. TransUtopian 15:39, 29 April 2007 (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 talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fishhead64 (talk • contribs) 05:58, 30 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]