Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/FOB (movie)


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The result was   delete. ( X! ·  talk )  · @059  · 00:24, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

FOB (movie)

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A prod tag was removed without apparent improvement. A film that has not yet begun casting doesn't meet Wikipedia's new film policy; Wikipedia is not a crystal ball Accounting4Taste: talk 21:13, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions.  -- – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:49, 23 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete. WP:CRYSTAL, as per nom.  Doesn't appear notable as a film at all, let alone notable as a future film.  Based on user name of creator, I would say this is self-promotion.  — DragonHawk (talk|hist) 03:44, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per above: notability concerns outside of the fact that shooting hasn't started yet and a possible COI as noted by DragonHawk. Cliff smith  talk  15:17, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as being a tad premature. Perhaps a simple mention in the director's article that he is planning a film? MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 18:00, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Leave it. If media outlets from China and multiple local arts papers think enough to interview the creators, then it's notable. It's also about a topic not often covered in movies: the asian immigrant experience. In addition, it features Asian-Americans in most of the lead roles, which is notable in itself, considering Hollywood's propensity for keeping Asians out of the film world (see the movie 21, where the real life characters that the movie was based on were all asian, and in the movie, only a ditz and a kleptomaniac were asian. Everyone else was recasted as a caucasian. Finally, its notable because of the community involvement in the project. Only local groups from the San Gabriel Valley will be featured on the Soundtrack. The director is a San Gabriel attorney and the writer went to high school out here. No crystal ball is necessary. The script is done. The casting is done. The filming starts next week. Movies like Spiderman 4 and other future movies and albums get pages on here all the time and they are less notable, as they are usually formulaic hollywood pieces of crap that are sometimes cancelled prior to fiming (see Moneyball). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.237.158.42 (talk) 18:55, 24 July 2009 (UTC) — 69.237.158.42 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Actually Spider-man 4 didn't have an entry until pre-production was confirmed, by multiple reliable sources. Your complaints about 21 need to be addressed to the producers of that film, and you are confusing WP:V with WP:N. You may be able to verify this film is shooting, that does not make it notable. Once it is finished and released then it will be easy to judge its notability, and you, or anyone involved with the production, will not need to create the article. Darrenhusted (talk) 17:29, 27 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete, and take a gander at Long Z. Liu. Darrenhusted (talk) 01:12, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. I've also initiated an AfD process for Long Z. Liu; thanks for the pointer.  Accounting4Taste: talk 15:11, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Not a problem. Darrenhusted (talk) 17:24, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
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