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The result was delete‎ . ✗plicit 11:22, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Simulated reality in fiction (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Fails WP:NOR as an unencyclopedic split. I like how the introductory sentence says it shouldn't be confused with VR, only to have countless entries that are blatantly about VR. It just shows the inclusion criteria for this indiscriminate list make no sense. Anything that might actually be sourced can be easily included in simulated reality (although I am concerned that article itself may be WP:SYNTH, and it has an ongoing merge discussion, so we'll just say simulation hypothesis instead). ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 08:37, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements, Science fiction and fantasy, Popular culture, and Lists. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 08:37, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. 98% unreferenced OR. As often, it's possible this could be written well - if someone started with sources from scratch. This list cannot be salvaged: WP:NOTTVTROPES. PS. Virtual reality in fiction is the other side of this mess. It has some prose content but that's pure OR again. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:05, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  As a casual user I found the list very interesting 89.241.78.141 (talk) 17:25, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete The contents are an incoherent mix of various ideas, ranging from actual simulated reality and virtual reality to intricate illusions and what is apparently described as a great lie. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 09:33, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per reasons above. Most of the article are just unsourced/WP:OR. GlatorNator (ᴛ) 11:43, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per reasons above. Mostly unsourced additions to a confusing list. Sciencefish (talk) 19:57, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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