Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arappavan


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Jovanmilic97 (talk) 20:42, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Arappavan

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This is yet another film article that fails WP:NFILM and WP:GNG.

Someone created the repository of ENTIRE Malayalam-language or Malayalam films (List_of_Malayalam_films_of_the_1960s, List_of_Malayalam_films_of_the_1970s, and so on) violating What Wikipedia is not. The vast majority of the films not meeting the WP:NFILM and WP:GNG and essentially copy-n-pastes from the Malayalam movie databases, such as [].

Now, specifically to this film.

The general WP:NFILM notability guideline states: "If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to satisfy the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article or stand-alone list."

Then more specific WP:NFILM:
 * The film is widely distributed and has received full-length reviews by two or more nationally known critics.
 * The film is historically notable, as evidenced by one or more of the following:
 * Publication of at least two non-trivial articles, at least five years after the film's initial release.
 * The film was deemed notable by a broad survey of film critics, academics, or movie professionals, when such a poll was conducted at least five years after the film's release.
 * The film was given a commercial re-release, or screened in a festival, at least five years after initial release.
 * The film was featured as part of a documentary, program, or retrospective on the history of cinema.
 * The film has received a major award for excellence in some aspect of filmmaking.
 * The film was selected for preservation in a national archive.
 * The film is "taught" as a subject at an accredited university or college with a notable film program.

Fails all of the above.

Now let's look at the references: All three references are the database entries.

Thanks, Kolma8 (talk) 14:01, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. Kolma8 (talk) 14:01, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Kolma8 (talk) 14:01, 20 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep. Arappavan has a significant mention in the Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema published by the British Film Institute. I have looked around and, as "Ara Pavan", it seems to occur frequently on lists of Malayalam films of the 1960s. Charles Matthews (talk) 16:02, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per . If it is worth an entry in a print encyclopedia, it is worth a Wikipedia page as similarly discussed in an ad nauseum AFC discussion recently. -2pou (talk) 08:14, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Per above 2 comments. Donaldd23 (talk) 16:27, 27 December 2020 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.