[jhbadger]

Well, I don't like "deletionist sentiment" when the issue is "notability" -- obscure moths or Bulgarian poets have a legitimate reason to be in Wikipedia even if non-entomologists and non-Bulgarians may not care about them. But there is a real argument that fictional beings and places don't belong in a serious encyclopedia (even if the works they are from do exist and should be covered).

[andrewla]

> But there is a real argument that fictional beings and places don't belong in a serious encyclopedia

I'll bite, though -- why the passive voice? What is the argument? The first blush here is that these topics are non-serious and make Wikipedia seem less serious. That's clearly a strawman though -- what's the deeper argument? I mean, for Brittanica, you only have so much print space you can use, and an article on Beedrill is a waste of paper. But Wikipedia is not printed; and while space is scarce in theory we shouldn't be rationing until the need it apparent.

[jhbadger]

I think fiction and non-fiction are worth keeping separate on a philosophical level. It isn't about saving space, it is about keeping reality and fantasy isolated from each other which is more important now than ever in the "post-truth" society.