Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fictional swords
Nomination boils down to .  It's not unmaintainable-- obviously there are people who care very much about the subject.  Nor is it indiscriminate.  Nor is it unsalvageable.  God help us if all of these fictional swords should each get their own separate article to necessitate a category.  And certainly it is not "retarded", "made by nerds", "ridiculous", "pointless".  Most importantly, it is not destructive of Wikipedia's credibility; in fact, it illustrates the strength of Wikipedia in having multiple contributors work on subjects that not everybody is interested in.  Whether one likes it or not, authors of fantasy fiction go to great lengths in describing weaponry as part of the detail that goes in to such work.  I don't particularly care for fantasy epics-- I'd rather have sci-fi or a political thriller any day.  But I'm not going to describe someone who doesn't like what I like as nerdy or retarded.  The only knock against this that I can see might be "original research", although there are some instances where we don't need to know which page of the paperback book had the description of the sword
— User:Mandsford, 01:56, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:IDONTLIKEIT (Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions)