287:, reference to Orion's Arm's text describing its setting is insufficient (as this is primary source material with indeterminate authorship), but links to other bodies discussing its setting are. Examples of this might be the extremely large publicly available archive of listserv traffic (all of which is verifiable by virtue of being ascribed to particular authors). Regardless - what is required from references in this case is verification that Orion's Arm makes these claims, not that these claims are scientifically true, probable, or even sensible (it's a fictional universe, after all).
215:. Notable. Google returns 72,900 hits. Against a Diamond Sky was only published at the end of August, in other words only 1 1/2 months ago. It is a bit unfair to expect a mass of Amazon reviews in such a short time. Google book search also shows several references in print (which I have added to the page). In any case, a website and online community's notability does not have to be judged by the standards of print references. It is true that the entry could be better served in terms of citations/footnotes, but that is no reason to nominate a page for deletion
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activities are not sufficient evidence for its notability, and mention by external sources would be necessary. As an insider, I know there's an interview / article coming up fairly soon in H+ magazine, and I believe there's been previous articles and interviews over the years. Lack of these references brings concern to its notability. However, it's my perception that this is due to a lack of thorough referencing rather than actual lack of notability - the setting is by far the largest fictional construct exploring the modern
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Apparently non-notable fictional universe. This page has been around a while, but the subject doesn't seem to actually be notable; I'm unable to find any coverage in independent reliable sources. They've published a book, but even that doesn't seem to have attracted any attention - I can't find any
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article with such deletion request that seems to be only strange. There seems to be a need to do something, to reformulate policies maybe... Otherwise more and more people, myself including probably, would start turning to other venues for sensible activities. All the best, Victor --
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