Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Disney Vault


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The result was keep. ɑʀкʏɑɴ 17:57, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Disney Vault

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The "Disney Vault" isn't a real place or thing. It's not even an actual marketing term. Does it really deserve a Wikipedia article, especially one filled with personal reports? FuriousFreddy 03:21, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete This belongs in the Disney article. Calibas 03:53, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep and source appropriately.  demonstrates plenty of sources on this concept.  So it's not real in the sense of being an actual physical thing, it's still an established concept that has even lead to a skit on Saturday Night Live.  I certainly agree the current article could be significantly improved, but it does merit an article.  The most I would suggest is merge/redirect to the an article describing the marketing practices of the Disney corporation.  It is how they do describe things.  Just look at a few of their own descriptions.  Disney vault features in many of them. FrozenPurpleCube 05:07, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
 * And here's an example of at least one source which clearly describes the practice.  I think there's more, but there's so many to sort through, it's hard to find the right ones.  Heck, I can find descriptions of this practice dating back to the 1970s.   FrozenPurpleCube 05:15, 25 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep per above. --TotesBoats 05:32, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep as this is a notable (unusual) practice by Disney to keep its classics "fresh". Half the article right now is WP:OR-ish essay about the "age-appropriate" issue, which definitely needs sourcing. The article should really be mostly about the marketing approach and how it is viewed by marketing experts and competitors, not some random person's gripe. --Dhartung | Talk 06:01, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge it's a real term used by Disney. That said, it could probably be covered in one of the articles about Disney movies. - Koweja 11:47, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep it is a notable concept, often mentioned in publications for upcoming re-releases, or when a film it placed into the "vault" to grow moldy and await public interest for release. Disney films (amongst other reasons) are a lot like cheese in this way.  For example Song of the South is buried deep within the vault, perhaps within the vault's vault, next to some musty old pirate skeletons, Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar, lost within this conceptual Disney marketing abyss known as the "Disney Vault". The article could do with some expansion, but I'd still keep it as a stub.  --Trippz 13:49, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - notable Fosnez 14:53, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep as a particularly notable marketing concept. I imagine this has been a huge moneymaker for the company as they incite paranoia in parents that their kids won't be able to see Dumbo if they don't buy now. Erechtheus 15:39, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep As it currently stands the article is a hefty heaping of POV wrapped in Original Research, but the subject itself is notable, and there is grounds for a decent article. Calgary 17:32, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep As the nominator points out, it isn't a real place or thing... which is exactly why it's notable. It's brilliant marketing, the mental image of a vault, filled with treasures that you will have the privilege of purchasing, until the vault door closes.... The unspoken message is that if you should fail to buy the DVD edition of "Oliver and Company", your children will be grown before it will ever be available again.  And they will never forgive you.  Mandsford 17:38, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
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