Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hard fantasy (2nd nomination)
https://www.tor.com/2009/01/06/hard-fantasy/ This essay is, I think, reliable, but it is rather essayish. Those are less reliable IMHO https://www.swantower.com/essays/philosophy/hard-fantasy/, with http://bestfantasybooks.com/hard-fantasy.html being the worst. So the sources present are not great. But there are other sources. https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=1rSGNwAACAAJ An entire book (through, granted, looks a bit suspicious, cover-wise, from a minor publisher, no citations, can't find much about the author. But for example https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=7JKw5FYA4GgC&pg=PA191&dq=%22Hard+fantasy%22+-wikipedia&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiaouzRpsbmAhVXy4sBHZy4A3MQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q=%22Hard%20fantasy%22%20-wikipedia&f=false is solid, a definition in a reliable work. Some passing but nonetheless helpful mentions in https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=3r6FBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT18&dq=%22Hard+fantasy%22+-wikipedia&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiaouzRpsbmAhVXy4sBHZy4A3MQ6AEINTAC#v=onepage&q=%22Hard%20fantasy%22%20-wikipedia&f=false. Another short def in https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=b65v4hLNMloC&pg=PA64&dq=%22Hard+fantasy%22+-wikipedia&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiaouzRpsbmAhVXy4sBHZy4A3MQ6AEIYTAI#v=onepage&q=%22Hard%20fantasy%22%20-wikipedia&f=false. This is mentioned and possibly discussed at length at https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=OD06AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Hard+fantasy%22+-wikipedia&dq=%22Hard+fantasy%22+-wikipedia&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiaouzRpsbmAhVXy4sBHZy4A3MQ6AEIWzAH (snippet view, not sure). One paragraph discussion in https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=WuOdAwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA45&dq=%22Hard%20fantasy%22%20-wikipedia&pg=PA44#v=onepage&q=%22Hard%20fantasy%22%20-wikipedia&f=false. An entre chapter (arguing this term is incorrect...) can be found in https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:27971/. I can cite more but that should be enough.  fail, sadly, in all prior commenters (and the nom, with whom I often agree, but not this time
— User:Piotrus, 08:23, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BEFORE (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion)