Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mythology of Lost
It may be worth mentioning that several works have been released by reputable publishing houses which extensively analyze the philosophy of Lost.  These include ''Lost and Philosophy: The Island Has Its Reasons'' (already listed in the article's Further Reading) and ''Ultimate Lost and Philosophy: Think Together, Die Alone'' ({{ISBN|9780470632291}}), both published by Wiley-Blackwell.  Normally, it would be inappropriate to create a separate "mythology" or "philosophy" article about a TV series, but given the existence of book-length treatments about the philosophy/mythology of this show issued by a respected academic publishing house, it seems to me that Lost can be regarded as a special case.  Hence I regard the basic topic of the mythology/philosophy of Lost as |having potential and sufficiently notable to merit a separate article.  I admit that I haven't read either book, so I don't know how closely their respective discussions parallel the material in the article.  I suspect though that these works take a high-level overview of themes in the series as a whole and compare/contrast them with themes in the major philosophical schools and religious trends such as gnosticism.  In contrast, the article as it currently stands primarily is a list of sci-fi elements found in Lost with descriptions of how they tie-in with the plot.  This largely (albeit in some greater detail) duplicates the main Lost article's discussion of the plot, so () applies.  I would vote "keep" were I presented with a very differently written article that is largely devoted to an examination of Lost's mythology/philosophy in light of influences derived from various world mythological and philosophical traditions and teachings.  But I'm reluctant to vote "keep" for *this* article as it currently stands, which to my eye would need to be completely rewritten to do far more than just rehash elements of the plot
— User:Mike, 01:29, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:POTENTIAL||WP:NOTPLOT (Wikipedia:Potential, not just current state)