Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mystery fiction

Mystery fiction was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep.

Mystery fiction

This page is a duplicate, in essence, of Whodunit (or at least it is in the view of one user, who had requested previously for a speedy deletion, but I felt that VfD was more appropriate for this article). ugen64 03:51, Oct 23, 2004 (UTC)

Redundant page, no explanation why this is not just another name for Detective Fiction, should be merged there or removed completely. (Note there is a distinction at the page Detective fiction but the distinction is very trifling.) Note: I don't agree should be merged with Whodunnit, which is a subgenre of detective fiction, but with Detective fiction. 68.1.181.54 03:53, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)

• Keep and list both/all on Wikipedia:Duplicate articles - so they can be merged properly. [[User:Davodd|DAVODD «TALK»]] 04:11, Oct 23, 2004 (UTC)
• Agree with DAVODD. utcursch 07:32, Oct 23, 2004 (UTC)
• Agree with above —siroχo 00:54, Oct 27, 2004 (UTC)
• Keep and disagree with merging. Whodunnit is about murder mystery, mystery fiction incorporates books like Hardy Boys. They aren't necessarily the same. - Ta bu shi da yu 08:02, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• The distinction you make isn't at all clear to me. Whodunnits aren't necessarily about murders. Besides, I said this page should be merged with detective fiction not whodunnit. There is no appreciable disctinction between mystery and detective fiction -- they are synonymous.68.1.174.46 22:35, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
• Keep - --Cyprus2k1 09:40, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Keep: reasonably distinct from Whodunnit or Detective fiction Florescentbulb 00:53, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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