Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fictional swords (2nd nomination)
btw, good move to relist this, Protonk).  To rebutt against the arguments of "it just needs cleanup", I did a cleanup of this page to only include entries that I felt reasonably could demonstrate notability a la the .  The reason why I believe the page should be deleted is http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_fictional_swords&diff=254692212&oldid=254283915 already showing itself, here are two unjustified edits that either merely link to the to article about the work of fiction, or are redlinks.  No attention was paid to the inclusion criteria stated at the begining, and we could add magical blinking inline comments that dance and sing showtunes, and they will still be ignored.  No one has undone these edits yet; no policy-aware editors appear to have interest in maintaining the page.  Yes, i know about the "No one's working on it" argument to avoid in deletion discussions, but I feel that essay is only appropriate for articles that genuinely show theoretical potential to exist as a good article.  I see no evidence that this could exist as a good article.  ''this doesn't mean I want to banish all information on all fictional swords'', just this list with the cumbersome scope.  I'm perfectly fine with someone finding articles talking about the importantance of the sword as a plot or literary device within works of fiction, and then writing a ''non-list'' article discussing Swords in fiction.  I'm also perfectly fine with someone splitting off list of mythological objects#swords into list of mythological swords or creating a new swords in mythology page and having a detailed article about that.  I have no doubt there are books/TV specials on that, in the least for specific regions of mythology (e.g. "Swords of Norse mythology").  Lots of people write about mythology, such that people would write specifically about the swords involved in multiple myths.  I don't believe people write about the swords involved in random ''modern fiction'' (read: fiction of the last century or two) very often.  The best I'd think you'll find are articles like "voter poll, top 10 swords in video games" or blogposts about "coolest anime sword designs".  The fictional swords that actually ''are'' worthwhile either already have their own articles (e.g. the lightsaber is inarguably engrained into popular culture), or can have articles created in the future when appropriate.  I feel this ''brief'' list should be sufficiently able to be represented in a category.  Maintaining articles like this in a good state is equivalent to the task of sysiphus.  Every time you delete entries they just come back the next day.  It's bait for new/inexperienced editors to make poor edits.  The title just sounds too much like a list that wants to be an exhaustive one.  and excited editors feel it is crucial that the object from their favorite work of fiction is included.  If instead, there came to be articles like I suggested above, it would be more evident that their favorite work of modren fiction does not belong in mythology, or that the swords in fiction article is prose discussing the overall topic, and exhaustive lists are not appropriate.  Both of these actions have nothing to do with this article, and thus I feel it should be deleted
— User:Verdatum, 21:55, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)