Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Asturian cinema


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.  

The result was Keep Deville (Talk) 14:52, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Asturian cinema
Extremelly obscure subject, possible original research. Google test lists two and eight hits. --Mecanismo | Talk 14:06, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep&mdash; Not original research. Note that Cine asturianu is an article on the Wiki-site for our Asturian and Leonese Wiki-brethren. My Spanish is poor enough so that I have trouble with even that, much less the Asturian and Leonese article. But it is clear that it is at least locally noteworthy&mdash;the article indicates that hall itself dates back to the beginning of the 20th century (well actually the end of the 19th, but clearly not for cinema at the time) and that the festival is a recent invention to help offset the impact of television. I'll add the interwiki link and someone with greater proficiency than mine can make the translation. Williamborg (Bill) 15:57, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I've edited the Asturian cinema article, pulling some of the material across from the Asturian article, to put its significance into better perspective. After working on it a very small time (my command of Asturian is an extrapolation of a weak understanding of Spanish) I'm convinced that there is an important vein of articles missing in the English Wikipedia, that the cinema is not just a cinema, it is a symbol for successionists, and that deletion would be a serious mistake. One wonders how many other articles I've supported throwing in the trash because I did too little research to understand why someone took the trouble to put up on Wiki. Williamborg (Bill) 16:19, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * It is ironic that you should mention research. Wikipedia, in English or in any other language, is not a source.  For all that we know, ast:Cine asturianu could be a complete fiction.  It cites no sources at all.  It is not as if we never have hoaxes in the English language Wikipedia, after all.  The Nihilartikel episode should be enough of a cautionary table about trusting what other Wikipedias have articles on.  Please look outside of Wikipedia for sources.  Uncle G 17:58, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Appeciate your cautionary comment. The thought did cross my mind. I "googled" Cine asturianu and found 1,360 hits; many appeared consistent with the article. So I felt on moderately safe ground. And I did link to other Wikipedia pages. And further, Google is hardly a primary source (or even a decent secondary source in many cases) so finding it there simply means someone posted it there. Not being proficient in the language, there would be value in having someone assure that this is not complete ficiton. Skål - Williamborg (Bill) 03:14, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
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