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The result was no consensus to delete. W.marsh 14:01, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Organlegging[edit]

Organlegging (discussion|history|protect|delete|undelete|logs|links)

An article on a fictional crime from a novel, which would seem to be non-notable. At best, this should be merged, but I would say this is fan cruft. Harro5 21:05, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• This could really stand to be rewritten from an out-of-universe perspective, or at the very worst smerged into Organ donation#Bioethical issues in organ donation. I do find it a bit hard to sympathize with a characterization of one of Larry Niven's novels as "non-notable". Also see [1], [2], [3], and [4]: the name may not have stuck, but the crime is no longer fictional. —Cryptic 22:41, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep or merge A major element of several stories by a well-known writer of fiction. Might possibly be merged per Cryptic, with a summary placed in the appropriate section of the Known Space article. Shimeru 22:48, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Rewrite or Merge as the problem of organ harvesting is itself real, and notable. See for example Organ harvesting in China. That said, the article is probably unduly concentrated solely on the Niven works, and should be expanded to cover other works of fictoin that discuss it. FrozenPurpleCube 23:12, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep and rewrite. Mr. Niven invented the term for this practice, but it also exists in other fictional works... and is sadly now real (Organ harvesting in China). The article must mention these... and should, for its notability improves in direct proportion. Alba 14:49, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Editing needs noted on page. Alba 14:55, 9 November 2006 (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.