Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edmund Von Danilovich


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The result was   speedy delete. Clear hoax, "Edmund is fake" on IMDB:. —Kusma (t·c) 19:31, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Edmund Von Danilovich

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I think this is a hoax. Even if a filmmaker by this name does exist, they do not meet Wikipedia's notability criteria.

A google search of the subject or of the subject's wife reveals literally no hits from reliable sources. At first glance this may not be too surprising, given that experimental and avant-garde films tend not to get much exposure in reliable sources online. However, even The Film-Makers' Cooperative, which the subject supposedly joined within two years of its creation, do not mention him or any of his works on their website. They maintain a comprehensive list of independent and avant-garde filmmakers, and so the subject's omission from their website is glaring. Particularly so when the subject supposedly made several films in conjunction with the Cooperatives' founding members. And because the subject's film production website does not exist, there is not even a self-published source with which to verify content.

Not a single one of Danilovich's supposed films can be verified to exist. "Underground cult hit" Ice of Man or "great critical success" Miya have been discussed absolutely nowhere. Other film titles appear to be jokes at the expense of existing works—see for example Memories From A Journey to Aarhus (1972), evidently a parody of the title of Jonas Mekas's 1972 film Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania.

Even the newer content cannot be confirmed. The reference to the "Independent Curtain Award" is made up—no such award exists. Likewise, if the "Solar Veil Award" has ever existed, then it has not been discussed anywhere. While the Ohrid Film Festival appears to be a real film festival, it did not program a film from any Daniloviches in 2018. And the IMDb technical specifications for this supposed 2018 film indicate that the camera used is "Edmund is fake". Indeed. /wiae /tlk  20:58, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
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 * Delete there is so little coverage that it is unverifiable even in unreliable sources so does not pass WP:V or WP:GNG. All I found was only one recent short film listed at IMDb and evidence he's reviewed films at user generated site letterboxdvd, thanks Atlantic306 (talk) 18:58, 7 March 2019 (UTC)


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