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The result was delete. As I have not yet been granted the "fire and storm" bit, deletion will have to suffice for now ... Shereth 20:25, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Assiti Shards effect (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

non-notable sci-fi neologism, really. I see no mention of it as a plot device outside the work of Flint himself. Ironholds (talk) 20:21, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete or Merge: Some of the information may be useful for the Assiti Shards series article, but agree that it is not notable enough to stand on its own. Zombie Hunter Smurf (talk) 20:32, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete -- I'm a major fan, but concur that this is non-notable outside Flint's work (but please don't insult him by calling it "sci-fi", a pejorative). --Orange Mike | Talk 20:44, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  Alt history, even. I meant the concept itself, if applied to fiction as a whole, could be described as science fiction in that it utilises fictional and futuristic technology. Ironholds (talk) 20:57, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete with fire and storm: For pity's sake. Now I happen to be a huge fan of the 1632 books, but this isn't even a major element of the storyline; it's just the plot device to pop an otherwise ordinary 20th century West Virginian town into the Thirty Years' War. The actual effect is described only in two paragraphs of the prologue to the first book in the series and never thereafter. Now I'm sure this rambling fanboyish essay would find a good home on someone's personal webpage, but Wikipedia is not a web host. Beyond that, the article's claim that the term is used in science fiction generally to refer to transposition of communities and populations through time is wholly unsourced.  Ravenswing  11:25, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 12:07, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 12:08, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.