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The result was redirect to Firefly (TV series)#Fandom. ( non-admin closure) -- Dane2007 ^talk 02:09, 15 August 2016 (UTC) reply

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This article is a mixture of two things - in-universe trivia, which fails to show any sort of notability, and bits about Firefly-related charities, mostly through self-published sourced, which would be better off merged into the main article. - mattbuck ( Talk) 18:08, 24 July 2016 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple ( talk) 02:31, 25 July 2016 (UTC) reply

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• Keep - It's notable and I can see secondary RSes that talk about the charitable effort of the fandom. The main article seems to large to encorporate a reasonable expansion of the fandom based on google news hits I'm seeing. -- MASEM ( t) 02:34, 25 July 2016 (UTC) reply
• Keep Notability is seen through the secondary sources already in the article. I get that it may seem trivial to someone not in the know, but it's as notable a fandom (in terms of secondary sourcing) as Whoovians or Potterheads--what they lack in numbers they make up in sheer dedication. Jclemens ( talk) 04:42, 25 July 2016 (UTC) reply

  Once the trivia about what is in-universe is removed, all that's left is a few sentences which would be better off in the fandom section of the Firefly article. Alternatively split the fandom section to its own article, but I don't see this term being worth its own article. - mattbuck ( Talk) 10:16, 25 July 2016 (UTC) reply

  The term is often used as a term for the fandom, and in my experience, it's more widely used among the fandom than, say, Whovians or Potterheads. The article for the Firefly fandom could conceivably exist at this title. The article is just in really bad shape. ~Cheers, Ten Ton Parasol 13:28, 25 July 2016 (UTC) reply

  I concur with this. It's entirely reasonable to make sure this is a summary style subordinate article describing the fandom. Jclemens ( talk) 17:59, 5 August 2016 (UTC) reply

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• Redirect - The topic already seems fully covered in Firefly (TV series)#Fandom. I haven't checked, but I imagine they probably share most of the same sources. TTN ( talk) 18:24, 4 August 2016 (UTC) reply

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• Merge to Firefly (TV series)#Fandom - sufficiently covered there. Artw ( talk) 14:47, 7 August 2016 (UTC) reply

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