Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Day of the Diesels


 * 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   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 12:22, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Day of the Diesels

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Cannot find any indication the film has started filming. Appears to fail WP:NOTFILM.  ttonyb (talk) 05:09, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as article fails notability criteria for films. Armbrust  Talk  Contribs  08:56, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete -- for reasons above.
 * HiT Entertainment announced in 2009 that they were working on a theatrical 'Thomas' movie. This we have a reference for (see Thomas and Friends). The reference states neither a name nor an actual release date. A new reference added to the same article yesterday (about the impending sale of HiT and/or the 'Thomas' brand by its current owners Apax) noted that a particular screenwriter (can't rememember his name off-hand) was working on a latest re-write of the screenplay, so it would seem the project is still live. This new reference (from a theatrical? business site) did not mention a name or release date either.
 * The one 'reference' in Day of the Diesels is the Thomas Wikia, which is run and monitored by Thomas fans and is usually fairly good for checking some of the more wild claims added by fans in the pages of Wikipedia. Unfortunately, the Wikia includes an article on Day of the Diesels, with no information on where this name came from -- hence it is being re-added as a 'fact' to the Thomas and Friends page on a monthly basis (along with four or five other suggested names for the film). I sincerely hope that HiT makes a formal announcement soon, as I am fed up of cleaning that page!
 * -- EdJogg (talk) 09:12, 24 September 2010 (UTC) (from WP:THOMAS)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:41, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:41, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per too soon for this article.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 01:44, 26 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete per above. Additionally, I can see some bits in this article that are certainly obvious that this film has not been revealed yet:

1. The plot section is completely blank. UPDATE:The plot that was on this page was considerably copyrighted from which is a Wiki type of site and like the Thomas Wikia mentioned above, it is has no mention of where the name came from or any sources.

2. The running time for the film is listed here even though when Toy Story 3 was released the running time for it was not revealed until May 2010 (one month before the film was released).

3. When I type in the first few words of this title in the search box there are numerous results coming up including Day of the Dead, Day of the Daleks and Day of the Dove. The user may have been faking the title of this film with the first one.

4. The film's release date would have been confirmed if this film would be released next year. Cars 2 for example which comes out next year has already confirmed the release date (June 11, 2011).

5. The Characters section only lists 2 characters (Thomas and Percy) and then it says "Diesel, Diesel 10, The Fat Controller, and the rest of The Steam Team are likely to appear" which is written as being speculative and therefore is also a WP:CRYSTAL. UPDATE: Dennis, Victor and Kevin have also appeared in this section now.

In the Google searches the only results (other than this article) are trailers from Video sites (Youtube, AOL, etc.) and one of them is titled as a "Fan-made trailer" therefore stating the obvious that the trailers are completely fake. The user who created this article HoorayforOliver deleted the PROD tag (that this article was proposed for deletion earlier) and wrote in the edit summary "It WAS CONFIRMED BY THE EX. PRODUCER AFTER A YOUTUBE USER INTERVIEWED HIM. HE CAN BE FOUND ON YT AS 'THOMASPERCYANDTOBY2'. STOP DELETING YOU DUMBASS." and of course Youtube is clearly not a reliable source in most cases. trainfan01 20:52, September 26, 2010 (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.