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Sci-Fi is supposed to be a disambig but it's written like a definition only page (which is probably why it has ~500 wicks)

When I brought this issue up to the TRS general discussion thread, redirecting the page to Science Fiction was suggested and that seems to be best course of action.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Jul 19th 2023 at 7:35:22 AM

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#1: Jul 17th 2023 at 5:15:20 AM

Sci-Fi is supposed to be a disambig but it's written like a definition only page (which is probably why it has ~500 wicks)

When I brought this issue up to the TRS general discussion thread, redirecting the page to Science Fiction was suggested and that seems to be best course of action.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Jul 19th 2023 at 7:35:22 AM

Macron's notes
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#2: Jul 17th 2023 at 5:34:26 AM

It's disambiguating between Science Fiction and a text paragraph of "Science Fiction but with complaining".

Yeah just merge with Science Fiction.

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#10: Jul 17th 2023 at 7:35:58 AM

Merge

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#13: Jul 17th 2023 at 9:38:39 AM

I definitely agree with making this a redirect.

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#14: Jul 17th 2023 at 11:39:32 AM

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MERGE!

Edited by Nen_desharu on Jul 17th 2023 at 2:41:32 PM

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#15: Jul 17th 2023 at 12:21:19 PM

Redirect to Science Fiction and move the argument over the definition to Analysis.Science Fiction.

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#16: Jul 17th 2023 at 12:22:05 PM

Yeah, we don't need the lengthy "Science Fiction but bad" stuff. [tup]Make redirect to Science Fiction

[up] Sure to that as well.

Edited by Tabs on Jul 17th 2023 at 12:22:33 PM

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#20: Jul 17th 2023 at 3:19:13 PM


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#22: Jul 17th 2023 at 5:58:52 PM

Redirect, and sure to moving the content to Analysis.

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#23: Jul 17th 2023 at 6:03:08 PM

I don't have a strong opinion on moving the text to Analysis.Science Fiction compared to redirecting the page, but I also don't think it needs a formal vote like merging since making an Analysis page is a free action, so I guess we can go ahead and do that when making the redirect.

Edit: If I'm the one who calls this thread, I'll probably go ahead and move the text there when redirecting the main page. If it's determined that we don't need it further down the line, it could be cut if anyone has an argument against keeping it.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Jul 17th 2023 at 8:06:15 AM

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#24: Jul 18th 2023 at 1:28:37 AM

This is definitely a relic of the Wild West days of the wiki where someone could put up what amounted to an Urban Dictionary or Devil's Dictionary-style definition for an otherwise seemingly innocuous term. Doesn't seem like it's changed much since 2006. It's possible the "bad science fiction" definition was already a thing, but that might just merit a brief note in the description of Science Fiction.

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#25: Jul 18th 2023 at 1:58:25 AM

Crikey, is that still a separate page? Merge the funt out of them.

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