Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brooks – The City of 100 Hellos


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The result was speedy keep. Withdrawn by nominator (non-admin closure) &#124;  Uncle Milty  &#124;  talk  &#124;  02:16, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

Brooks – The City of 100 Hellos

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After trying to improve this article, I take no pleasure whatsoever in saying that I don't believe it meets WP:NFILM. After searching via a variety of methods, I can't find a single independent article in an WP:RS about the film, from a non-affiliated source. And the awards won are minor -- including the "Canada International Film Festival in Vancouver", one of those pay-to-play affairs and not to be confused with the Vancouver International Film Festival. Anyway, if someone can find some coverage I'll happily withdraw this. I love Canadian and doc cinema and it feels weird for me to bring this here, but I figure we still have enough notable films in this country still in need of articles. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:19, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Indeed, on that note, Bearcat has been tireless in creating articles on Canadian Screen Awards winners and nominees but there are still lots of redlinks for both films and filmmakers so I'd encourage the article creator to consider filling in some of those, too, if he or she wishes. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:53, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:21, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:21, 2 April 2016 (UTC)


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 * Keep Well, filmmaker Brandy Yanchy (needs an article) is notable per WP:BIO and for a PBS film, her documentary film is just notable enough. This brand new article needs work through regular editing, not deletion for a lack of age.  Schmidt,  Michael Q. 09:36, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
 * link #3 is an independent reliable source: a Canadian Materials educational review article, which is a good find. #1, #2 and #4 are to various broadcasters pages, indicating only that it had aired (which is what I'd indicated in my deletion rationale when I mentioned "affiliated"). #5 are two Toronto Star links about Brooks and the phrase, not the film at all -- and the first, quite fleetingly and trivially. But that last link, #6, is a dead link: is there any way you could post it, perhaps as a cached page? CM is definitely one source, but I'd be looking for more before I reconsider. thanks. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 12:35, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh wait, there is one more: has added http://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/1416592-doc-part-of-filmmaker-s-homecoming/ which is a nice find from a local paper. My rule of thumb for multiple is "three." So for me, we're just one shy, which I'm sure is doable., again, any way to fix the Cadence link? I'd like to see what it is. I'm certainly strongly leaning towards withdrawing this. If I'd been able to find the CM review and that York Region piece, I wouldn't have brought it here. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 12:42, 3 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep - I can see why the nom brought this here, but I think it meets GNG with coverage in reliable sources. An extra reference would help to establish significance, and of course the article could use work. Ajraddatz (talk) 07:27, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, well, even if it's stuck at two RS, I for one am not going to push the issue. Like, I said, if I'd been able to find the two refs now on the article myself, at most I would have slapped on a refimprove tag. So I'd like to withdraw this, especially as no one else seems to feel otherwise, after several days of this Afd. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:24, 5 April 2016 (UTC)


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