Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brains (web series)


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The result was delete. KTC (talk) 20:16, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Brains (web series)

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I declined a CSD A7 tag on this article just now. This fictional online drama series appears to have a bit of a following on the internet, but not much in the way of reliable sources. The best link I saw was for an online film festival website, but that seemed to be self-submitted. I'm bringing this to AfD simply because there have been a barrage of complaints about the CSD tag on the talk page, and we might as well give them all a fair hearing. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  09:56, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete As the editor who tagged it for speedy deletion, I could find no sources to indicate that this series has received any significant independent coverage. The film festival selections appear impressive, but the festivals are little known, and their selection processes do not appear all too rigorous. The "barrage of complaints" at Talk:Brains (web series) are all from SPA contributors, expressing WP:ILIKEIT arguments. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 11:13, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete per WikiDan61. And by coincidence, I tagged it for speedy deletion too. No, we are not related. :-) OnionRing (talk) 13:01, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment As it turns out, I didn't tag it for speedy. (I thought I had; I certainly was going to, but I guess OnionRing beat me to it!) WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:06, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete No indication of notability, and when I google the term "brains web series" I start getting results for web series with "brain" in the title on the very first page. That indicates a very small footprint on the web, which is a red flag for notability. MjolnirPants   Tell me all about it.  14:46, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:08, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment I have to confess that I assumed that this was an amateur film, albeit one produced with a proper script, director, camera and lighting crew, albeit on a tight budget. It isn't, it's just seems to be some blog - and the first episode of the series has had less views than some videos I've put up. Still, a few bits did make me chuckle. :-/ Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  17:56, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment Well, the concept of the series is that it is a fictional vlog, documenting the post zombie apocalypse existence of its characters. So yeah, it's supposed to look like "just some blog". But the small number of views doesn't bolster its notability any. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 22:37, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Ritchie333 If you check some of the behind the scenes videos as well as their "official" website, they do have all the things you listed- script, director (Andrew Williams), etc. It is a tight budget, though, and definitely doesn't have an overly huge following. -Al — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.77.6.8 (talk) 15:18, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete In my view, a clear A7 candidate. Nowhere near passing WP:WEB or WP:GNG. Joseph2302 (talk) 22:38, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Just checked- they added a third party blog write up from a site called The Daily Fandom. That's something, right? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.77.6.8 (talk) 17:16, 7 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment Please don't be disingenuous: they didn't add the citation from The Daily Fandom, you did. That's fine -- any editor is allowed to add information to the article. But by claiming that someone else added the information, you add a note of questionability to the whole process.  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 18:04, 7 June 2016 (UTC)


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