Talk:Transhumanism in fiction

message: I think that since video games takes up a large portion of 'other media', it should be split. Video games is more than large enough to stand on its own. Ran4 (talk) 18:51, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split Video game part from 'other media' 

message: I edited this out:
:In the video game Half-Life 2, the player's primary enemies are transhumans created by an alien race known as the Combine. The human antagonist and puppet ruler of Earth, Dr. Breen, argues that the transhuman state is necessary and can only be achieved with outside (alien) help.
I've played through the game at least 5 times and not once have I seen or heard a single word about transhumanism.  HL2 was about an alien race invading our dimension and stripping our world of it's resources, basically, total domination.  There was not a single shred of evidence that the Combine was trying to help the humans.  They were systematicaly wiping them out, or transforming them into mindless slaves for their own purpose, using Dr. Breen as a go between. -Moocats 17:57, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Dr. Breen tried to convince people he was a helper - he was 'elevating' humankind, and the combine troopers were actually called the 'Transhuman arm of the Combine Overwatch'. Look again. --Joffeloff 23:27, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Half Life 2 

message: Maybe 2001 should be added to this article? --Jfbolus 07:39, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  2001: A Space Odyssey 

message: What about a discussion on the idea of robot transforming into a human?  --G1076 17:28, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[The Bicentennial Man]] 

message: In the next few days I'm going to comb through this article pretty heavily; adding in new material, tidying up some paragraphs, and just doing a bit of sprucing up.  I'll be in here with more info, but I'm debating adding a section for Comics since I think that's significant enough a body of work to get it's own.  Who knows. --Human.v2.0 23:33, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other Media 

message: Both the novel section and TV section are starting to read like WP:Embedded lists, which ultimately will cause problems by violating WP:STYLE. I suggest you try to summarize the sections, compare and contrast how Transhumanism is portrayed differently between different media formats. Talk about a limited number of examples in each section (3 or 4) and create a Category, or WP:List so that the other examples have a place to go, and aren't deleted whole-cloth later.--Sparkygravity (talk) 16:47, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Despite all the work I've done on the Transhumanism, I've decided not work on the Transhumanism in fiction article. However, I agree with Sparkygravity. --Loremaster (talk) 17:34, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article is going in the wrong direction 

message: The "Hob" story arc at the Dresden Codak site beginning here http://www.dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_032.htm and ending here http://www.dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_058.html involves transhuman elements, the advance of technology and their effects on the future and the future's past. The artwork is excellent and the story is very... I don't know what words could describe it but it's not difficult to follow- especially since one can read it through now without having to wait for the irregular updates.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bizzybody (talk • contribs) 21:22, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: "Hob"

message: Ayreons album '01011001' deals with transhumanism, perhaps it should be referenced somewhere within this article?
AMCHornet (talk) 02:37, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Ayreon

message: I'd like to point out the differences between what the article is now, verses what it was in the past.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transhumanism_in_fiction&diff=193107871&oldid=181443070
Although I agree with yobmod that the previous article has many problems, I contend that it contains a wealth of examples that could possibly be considered topics in "transhumanism in sci-fiction" and that... in fact the previous state of the article although being a very bad, is actually more informative and representative of transhumanism in fiction than the article we have today.
As such, I will be checking back shortly, with this discussion before restoring the article to it's imperfect glory. I still contend that wikipedia is about adding content, and fixing OR or "fan musings" by putting them in proper reference and with citations, rather than deleting sections wholescale is the proper conduct when dealing with bad articles. If you don't want to put in the effort, the delete button is not the solution.--Sparkygravity (talk) 18:41, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Resoring the false originalresearch to this page would clearly not be to the benfit of the encylopedia. I would oppose readding OR, which is against policy.YobMod 17:22, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  As Transhumanism doesn't exist, the only broad examples we have come from fiction, futurists, and speculation. It is thorough the works of fiction that transhumanism receives much of it's definition and formulaic identity. Unfortunately the examples in this article were broad, and now are exceedingly narrow and few. The previous state of the article, though bad, gave a more through and realistic representation of the connection between fiction and transhumanism.--Sparkygravity (talk) 15:32, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Transhumanism in fiction, the article that no longer exists

message: Just because you can think of a story or work that features transhumanist ideas does not mean it belongs on this page. We can set up a list if needed, but this page should be about the most notable, influential, and central transhumanist works and artists/authors. Additionally, we can expand on the entries much more here than we could on a list page. We can describe what makes them transhumanist and what makes them important.
– Raelifin2 (talk) 00:08, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article is not a list 

message: im familiar with the franchise but i dont understand how it fits this category.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.130.9.139 (talk) 13:53, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transhumanism in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 

message: Istvan has an article himself. But is there evidence that his book has any notability? Beyond a few blog reviews, it appeared to sink without trace - David Gerard (talk) 11:02, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Istvan book notability