Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meatspace

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 keep. Majorly _{(o rly?)} 18:12, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Meatspace[edit]

Appears to be a dictionary definition. Notability in question. Navou ^banter 13:56, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - it isn't a dicdef; the article is encyclopedic in style and describes the connotations and usage of the word. Appears in the Jargon File, so it's clearly a recognised piece of Internet slang. And, in fact, I've seen this word used within the Wikipedia community before - and looked up this very article to find out what it meant. Walton monarchist89 16:59, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with real life maybe?--Sonjaaa 17:37, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect to real life. No information is lost if we do this. --N Shar 23:17, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
keep and cleanup It's a common term, used in numerous sources both casual and a few scholarly that come to mind off the top of my head, it's been talked about in Wired (in Bruce Sterling's columns if I beleive. If anything this needs expansion, perhaps with a disscussion of the dichotomy of 'virtual space' and 'meatspace' in science fiction and real life. It's also a common feature of fiction in the near-future genre as well, coined by William Gibson along with the term 'cyberspace' if I recall correctly, though it's use may predate him slightly. Wintermut3 23:42, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. A perusal of the books that this word is used, defined, and explained in proves proof of concept for notability. (From Neal Stephenson to Judith Butler to The Complete Idiot's Guide to.... Citations can follow, maybe from me, but not right now (: —siro χ o 10:36, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Wiktionary entry should suffice. Certainly notable term, but beyond the definition there's not too much to say on the subject. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Arakunem (talk • contribs) 17:50, 30 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]
Merge and redirect for now, per above.--Planetary 04:33, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This is more than just a dictionary definition - the concept is encyclopaedic. Chairman S. Talk ^Contribs 08:31, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Term has been in use for over a decade AFAIK. Caknuck 18:01, 4 February 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.