Talk:Star Trek versus Star Wars

Proper Name

The proper title is "Star Trek vs Star Wars". Its proper spelling through the alphabet, and the original title has always been STvsSW. The original Newsgroup that hosted the debate is called Star Trek vs Star Wars. This page is redirecting to the wrong title. Alyeska (talk) 19:21, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

VfD

• Nonsense. RickK | Talk 05:37, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)
• Delete. Nonsense.
• Marginal keep. Not nonsense. I've seen this ridiculous but legitimate phenomenon before. Needs a different title, though...and cleanup. RADICALBENDER★ 05:44, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)
• I believe this sort of thing would fall under "no original research". Maximus Rex 05:46, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)
• Keep - admittedly ridiculous, but a real (if sad) phenomenon. --Rlandmann 06:33, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)
• Number of usenet posts makes a strong case. This article is currently lousy, but I think with more specifics it might possibly be a good article. What other common social debates can this be compared to, and are they in wiki? It's certainly silly, but it is undeniably a very common discussion topic. Keep, but needs serious improvement. Sort of my field, perhaps I'll make it a solid article if it's kept. MarcusAurelius
• If this is deleted, and Nazism and socialism is kept, I have lost all faith in the logical processes of those involved in the decisions. - Hephaestos|§ 15:50, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)
• Keep - The argument is nonsense, but the article is not. -- Cyrius | Talk 19:14, Mar 28, 2004 (UTC)
• Keep, this is an interesting SF phenomenon which deserves to be well covered, like the generations-long scuffles between the classicists and the moderns in the 19th century. Those 19th scuffles had their share of juvenile nonsense too. AlainV 22:15, 2004 Mar 28 (UTC)
• Comment. Maybe have this, and Pokemon vs digimon, and anything similar that exists or is created get redirected to a more generic 'arguments over fiction' (can't think of a better title at the moment) article? It seems like they all have a lot in common: "My fiction's better than your fiction". Niteowlneils 04:22, 29 Mar 2004 (UTC)
  • A significant difference though - very nearly all Pokémon vs Digimon arguments are over which series/franchise is better. There seems to be little effort devoted to hypothetical speculations like "If Pikachu were fighting Agumon, who would win?", which is the heart of the Star Trek vs Star Wars stuff. Pikachu vs Agumon should be the most frequent "pairing", yet it googles only 4 hits on the web and none at all on usenet... --Rlandmann 23:07, 29 Mar 2004 (UTC)
• Keep. Well written article on a real (if ridiculous) phenomenon. This debate has its own newsgroup, fercryinoutloud. Jgm 15:09, 30 Mar 2004 (UTC)
• Delete. Ambivalenthysteria 02:17, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)
• Keep. It's a pointless debate, but it's out there and it's definitely a known phenomenon of the two fanboy cultures. I will admit to having spent a good deal of time a few months ago reading through one of the sites it links to. Isomorphic 21:07, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)
• Keep. Anyone remember this? Wiwaxia 02:55, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC)
• Sorry I am headed out the door and forgot to login, personaly we should keep this. It seems any of these ST Vs. SW always are getting closed or trouble in them. If you ask me I say its SD.NET people because they are mad about the removal of their page on here. Yeah this one isn't amazing but at least its something so people can read about it! Better then nothing.
• Keep, this is real T-1 20:43, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

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This article has survived VfD a second time. The archived debate can be found here. --Slowking Man 00:31, Nov 1, 2004 (UTC)

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On 25 Feb 2005, this article was nominated for deletion a third time. The result was keep. See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Star Trek versus Star Wars (recount) for a record of the discussion.