Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Canada International Film Festival


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The result was delete. A sudden spell of inclement weather has come over this debate. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  13:49, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

Canada International Film Festival

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Previously held in a small casino in Vancouver, now the official website states that "we have transitioned to an awards based, online film and screenplay competition. Films are not physically screened for the public." I've long thought about to bringing this to Afd but now I feel the matter is more urgent. This has never been a notable Canadian film festival. It has never received any serious coverage by Canadian film media. The article links to a 2013 Indiewire piece on just how dubious these ventures are, founded by "Las Vegas businessman Rick Weisner" and now owned by "Las Vegas venture capitalist Monty Lapica." I daresay there may be more articles on Weisner/Lapica fests but my priority is the Canadian one. Canada has many notable, worthy film fests. This is not one of them. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:05, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
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 * Oh and to quote from the article's conclusion, "Every time a filmmaker trumpets the award he has won from an ethically suspect festival, he furthers the online illusion that this festival is legitimate." This is the case at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jake and Jasper: A Ferret Tale, where a now-blocked user has been using the existence of a Wikipedia article about this festival as the basis for his claims. I think it's important that Wikipedia stops supporting the "illusion" of notability for this event. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:14, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. All but one of the sources are promotional puff pieces (ie - press releases) stating the award nominees or winners. The only article about the festival itself is one that questions its validity. I did find a few books that mention the festival in passing, but these are all published in vanity presses (primarily Trafford Publishing), and in any event, do not discuss the festival, only the winners and nominees. There are so few results that search engines also list entries matching "Canada's international film festival", which do not refer to this festival. Mind  matrix  17:30, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete per all that's already been said. It is non-notable. ‡ Єl Cid of ᐺalencia  ᐐT₳LKᐬ  00:43, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable as advertised. Bearcat (talk) 01:23, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - Clearly non-notable, as described above. The only alternative is to "improve" it by adding information on the controversy and possibly fraudulent nature of the film festival, but I don't want to endorse something becoming notable by abusing Wikipedia enough to become notable. Shelbystripes (talk) 22:58, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete per above comments. This ill advised article brought to you by the same editor that spammed 60,000 ill advised redirects on wikipedia. Legacypac (talk) 14:25, 2 October 2017 (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.