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Requested move at Talk:Superman (1978 film)#Requested move 1 March 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Superman (1978 film)#Requested move 1 March 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 09:05, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested merger at Talk:List of fictional computers#Merger proposal 18 March 2024

There is a requested merger discussion at Talk:List of fictional computers#Merger proposal 18 March 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Dash77 (talk) 22:52, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 16:58, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Dyson_sphere#Dyson spheres in fiction

After a protracted argument on the Dyson sphere talk page that seemed to be going nowhere, I decided to consolidate and restate the basic issues concerning this section in general, and one particular instance that has proven especially vexing, as I see them. I hope that members of this and other related WikiProjects might weigh in and give their opinions. P Aculeius (talk) 18:10, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Cosmic Stories Blog" by Elizabeth Stanway

I just came across something called "Cosmic Stories Blog" by Elizabeth Stanway, an astrophysicist at the University of Warwick (the blog is hosted on the university's website). I took a quick look at some of the blog entries, and they seem like they could be useful for quite a few Wikipedia articles—if they are usable, which is what I wanted to ask here.

My thinking is as follows: according to this page, Stanway has been published in Foundation, The Conversation, and a book on Doctor Who, among others. That should mean that, when it comes to science fiction, Stanway counts as established subject-matter expert, whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable, independent publications per WP:Self-published sources, making "Cosmic Stories Blog" a reliable enough (even if low-profile/marginal) source for science fiction content. I wanted to hear if others agree or disagree with that assessment.

Ping some editors I know to be knowledgeable about sci-fi sources: @Piotrus, Mike Christie, and Olivaw-Daneel: what do you think? TompaDompa (talk) 00:07, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TompaDompa That seems like a valid case. I'd recommend attributing her too. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:30, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Solaris (1972 film)

Solaris (1972 film) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Spinixster (trout me!) 02:11, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested split at Talk:First contact (science fiction)#Splitting off the list)

There is a requested split discussion at Talk:First contact (science fiction)#Splitting off the list) that may be of that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Ships & Space_(Edits) 17:06, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Everything Everywhere All at Once

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once#Evelyn_Quan_Wang_character_article, which is within the scope of this WikiProject. Spinixster (trout me!) 02:50, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:The Hunger Games (film series)#Requested move 7 June 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:The Hunger Games (film series)#Requested move 7 June 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 98𝚃𝙸𝙶𝙴𝚁𝙸𝚄𝚂 • [𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙺] 14:18, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for John W. Campbell

John W. Campbell has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 13:33, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for one book

Looking for one book. I only remember the beginning of the piece. Some guy found a derelict computer, sat down at it and started doing something, and then he saw a man with a gun walk up to the desk, they looked at each other in silence for a while, then the guy mechanically pressed the Enter button and the man shot him back. The work was read in the 1990s or very early 2000s. The piece appeared no later than the 1990s (probably earlier). I also remember that the guy was doing something enthusiastically on the computer: at first he typed without looking at the screen, but the message on the computer monitor made him do his work more slowly and carefully. The phrases went something like this. The message on the computer screen made him work more carefully. Behind the desk stood a man with a gun in his hand. The guy had never seen a real gun, except in the movies, but he knew immediately what it was. The guy's hand dropped mechanically to the Enter button, and the same second the black muzzle of the gun burst into flames, ending his life. Vyacheslav84 (talk) 23:15, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Starship Troopers is up for a Featured Article nomination

Neutral notice Darkwarriorblake (talk) 11:31, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for LGBT themes in speculative fiction

LGBT themes in speculative fiction has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 15:28, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Batman: Anarky

Batman: Anarky has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 02:12, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

FAR for Anarky

I have nominated Anarky for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. 🍕Boneless Pizza!🍕 (🔔) 04:40, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will be proposing renaming Fooian science fiction and fantasy articles into Fooian speculative fiction

I realized that while for many countries we have articles like Japanese science fiction (here, no Japanese fantasy), for some we have articles like Russian science fiction and fantasy and Science fiction and fantasy in Poland. This is likely related to the fact that some countries (in particular, East European/Slavic, see https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/fantastika) tend to use the term speculative fiction more than English, in which science fiction and fantasy are more widely used as terms (and a bit more separate). Anyway, I intend to review entries in Category:Science fiction by nationality and Category:Fantasy by nationality, as well as Category:Speculative_fiction_by_nationality and start RMs for any entries that need it (ex. Russian science fiction and fantasy -> Russian speculative fiction, Polish science fiction and fantasy -> Polish speculative fiction). Note that Russian/Polish sf and fantasy are currently redirects there, they could exists as separate subarticles (which is true for any country, i.e. for each country there should be parent Fooian speculative fiction article, and separate sf, fantasy, horror and possibly some minor subgenres).

Sidenote: I am amazed we don't have any of these: American speculative fiction, American science fiction, American fantasy, American horror... amazing oversight given this is English Wikipedia (British is also missing but amusingly enough, we have Australian science fiction and Canadian science fiction; fantasy does not exist in any of those languages). _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:32, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PS. Requested moves (I was right, this is a problem affecting only a few EE countries using the word fantastika, i.e. speculative fiction, and the creators likely did not know the correct specialized term:

FAR

I have nominated E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 19:41, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]