Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Impacts of Star Wars in films


 * 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 of the debate was delete has carried the field. Note that most objections stem from the original researchiness of the current article, or the belief that the article should not stand on its own. I see no reason why a similar list (with references) couldn't be placed in the Star Wars article if anyone feels like making the effort. fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 08:01, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Impacts of Star Wars in films (was List of films imitating Star Wars)
Hopelessly POV attack list. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 00:12, 25 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep - The Wikipedia articles of the listed films indicate they were so-and-so's answer to Star Wars. Endomion 01:25, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * imiatating is a necessarily pejorative word. If it were "Impacts of Star Wars in film" that would be encyclopedic, as the word impacts shows that the matter is not concrete- not to mention that the article talks about older movies being re-released when starwars became popular. And hey, I just changed the title, and am editing the introduction to make it clear that the article does not mean that these films were made soley to be like starwars. None of these actions is an endorsement of this article.Lotusduck 02:14, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you Lotusduck, but you should not assume bad faith, it so happens that I've seen and love almost all of these films. I do think that being rigorously NPOV in this case actually obscures the historical phenomenon that is being brought up.  Endomion 04:11, 25 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep and clean up. Documents copy-cat aspect of film business. Needs a new title and better introduction. Message for nom- nothing is hopeless. -- JJay 02:32, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: Nom could have left more than ten minutes to editor to work on article, or as a matter of courtesy left message on talk page. -- JJay 04:15, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I was going to say that, but having the article nominated so quickly took all the wind out of my sails and I didn't care anymore after that. The old biter bit routine I guess.  Endomion 05:00, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: I'm sorry you were treated like that. Certain noms seem to enjoy treating everyone as vandals by tagging articles as fast as they can. They assume bad faith on the part of the editor and make no effort to explain their thinking prior to adding the AfD template. Instead of weeding out poor or borderline articles from the site, this type of approach mainly succeeds in driving potential valuable contributors away. -- JJay 05:06, 25 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Strong delete. Can merge any encyclopaedic info into the main Star Wars article(s), but this article is not itself encyclopaedic. --Daveb 04:00, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination. &mdash;Preost talk  contribs  04:05, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Appears to be original research; and if there are reputable sources for this, this absolutely does not need its own article, and should be a footnote to the main Star Wars article. Flyboy Will 04:33, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Agree - original 'research', per nomination. Drmandrake 04:36, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, rename, and expand. There's no question that Star Wars has had an impact on film. -- MisterHand 06:23, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Parts of the title are notable enough to be on Wikipedia (as Impact of Star Wars). This article isn't. --Apostrophe 08:12, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, original research doesn't belong here. Pavel Vozenilek 08:42, 25 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Merge into main Star Wars article Jakiah 10:16, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per Lotusduck. Scoo 10:53, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - May be OR, and anything usable should be merged to Star Wars --  Dalbury ( Talk )  11:23, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. In it's current form the article merely lists science fiction movies released after Star Wars claiming that there was an impact.  Whilst I agree that Star Wars had an impact on later films, it didn't start the craze per se.  It could just as easily be argued that the original War of the Worlds film, or even the original radio broadcast, started the science fiction craze that spawned Star Wars, Star Trek and the like.  Also the lack of credible sources on the subject may prove that the article can never be successfully recreated.  Movementarian 14:15, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge/Redirect to Star Wars. Article title verges on idiocy. Xoloz 20:56, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Original research, and none of the "findings" are substantiated. As a list, it's just POV, and if a film was influenced by Star Wars, or made a response to Star Wars' box office success, the influence should be mentioned on the film's page. --Pc13 22:12, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete As it stands the article provides no references or proof that these movies were in fact influenced by Star Wars at all, and thus constitutes original research. Zunaid 14:24, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. User:Zunaid is correct. Preaky 23:27, 28 December 2005 (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.