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The result was merge to
Single-gender world#Female-only worlds. There appears to be a rough consensus against keeping this article. Unfortunately that is where the consensus ends. This has been relisted twice w/o additional input so it's time to make a judgement call. I am going with what looks like the best merge target to my mind.
Ad Orientem (
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00:46, 10 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Merge the "In fiction" section, obviously, but the "Reproduction" section is sourced to BBC articles with no mention of any lesbian utopias. wumbolo^^^07:54, 19 January 2019 (UTC)reply
With regards to notability, I find only passing mentions in scholarly sources and I did not look at Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature (page 1189) or Women's studies encyclopedia (page 1442) which are cited at
Utopian and dystopian fiction and look promising. I did look (on Google Books) at To Write Like a Woman (around page 130 or 140) cited at
Single-gender world and it is enough for a keep !vote from me (when we also take into account other references below), provided that it is reliable (I don't know myself). I am neutral on what the redirect target should be. wumbolo^^^22:09, 2 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Comment Undecided at present. At first blush, my instinct would have been to vote to redirect to
Lesbian separatism, but based on the current content of the two,
Single-gender world#Female-only worlds seems a better match. However, current content shouldn't be decisive. So far, I find
Theredproject's argument most convincing, as far as the title, the fiction content, as well as their question about the research.
Mathglot (
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06:00, 20 January 2019 (UTC)reply
The easy suggestion here would be to Delete wholesale, since the subject lacks adequate independent notability. This is an attempt to upgrade a common expression in feminist and lesbian writings into a widely used, stand-alone term. (The attempt is evident even in the sourcing, where it is made explicit that the sources indicate "usage" of the term!) Nonetheless, and since it seems there may be some text worth preserving, such text should be Merged into the respective articles, as above, with a Redirect graciously in place of the contested article. -
The Gnome (
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21:05, 24 January 2019 (UTC)reply
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