Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jet Boy (film)


 * 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. The one "keep" can't be taken into account, see WP:WAX.  Sandstein  09:11, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Jet Boy (film)

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Film with no strong claim of notability per WP:NFILM, and no strong reliable source coverage -- the "sources" here are IMDB, an entry in another IMDB-like film directory, and the sales page for the DVD on amazon.com, but none of these represent media coverage about the film. (Side note, I'm also amused by the creator's username: "Accountcreatedsoicancreateanarticle".) As always, a film is not automatically entitled to a Wikipedia article just because it has an IMDb page; it must have a credible claim of notability, which is not the same thing as mere existence, and must be sourced to real media coverage. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 00:23, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 13:22, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 13:22, 24 March 2016 (UTC)


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 * Comment: I'm finding some stuff for the director's other work, so if all else fails we can always create an article for the director and redirect there. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  04:27, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I had a similar thought myself, as the director appears notable.... but as Canoe wrote "Jet Boy, a hit at this year's Calgary International Film Festival, is getting a limited run..." and spoke toward it getting theatrical release, and Calgary Herald lets us know it was the director's "2001 Calgary-shot debut", and Canada.com tells us his "feature directoral debut Jet Boy made waves on the festival circuit", we might have luck in searching for articles about those waves.  Schmidt,  Michael Q. 08:12, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 04:00, 1 April 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — UY Scuti Talk  19:30, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete as not currently convincing for the films notability. SwisterTwister   talk  19:35, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep Wikipedia has several articles on independent and/or non-Hollywood-released films. Is One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern non-notable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:342:C003:12A0:C063:3A45:7132:C41C (talk) 00:01, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Nobody said anything about the film being deletable because it was independent — the size of a film's production studio has nothing whatsoever to do with our inclusion criteria for films. The issue is the presence or absence of reliable source coverage about the film in media — no film, independent or studio or American or Canadian or whatever, ever gets an exemption from that. My own edit history is bulging with the creation of articles about independent and/or Canadian films, so I can't be accused of having a bias against the topic — but I use proper sources to support the articles I create. Bearcat (talk) 17:00, 15 April 2016 (UTC)


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