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Is Sharknado SciFi?

Sharkado's Wikipedia entry lists it under "2010s science fiction films" hierarcy. It was shown on SyFy TV channel. Movie Trailers Youtube Channel listed it under Sci-Fi Its premise is Science-...
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Is Syfy (the US cable channel) an appropriate measure of what constitutes science fiction (and/or fantasy) as a genre?

WWE (formerly known as World Wildlife Foundation wrestling) is obviously excluded from consideration, as are the various late night informercials. But how about the rest of its fare? A question ...
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Why was this question not closed/reopened?

What influence did H.P. Lovecraft have on science fiction? The main part of the question explicitly asks "can HPL be considered SciFi?" The title was edited by Gilles to be ontopic, but it doesn't ...
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