Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Le Congo, quel cinéma!


 * 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   no consensus.  Sandstein  08:14, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Le Congo, quel cinéma!

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non notable film, failing WP:NFILM prod removed by creator, one of several films all from the same festival created by this same editor. Most nominated (excepting those winning several awards given then benefit of the doubt) Gaijin42 (talk) 17:06, 9 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep Coverage in multiple sources.♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:50, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 02:30, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 02:30, 10 March 2012 (UTC)


 *  Keep  Coverage in multiple sources. We do not punish the article's author through means of mass nominations of stub articles on arguably notable topics. We instead look for sources and engage in discussions to encourage improvements over time and through regular editing. We do not disrupt Wikipedia to make a point.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 05:44, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Support merge and redirect without prejudice toward it being spun out later.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 00:35, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete unfortunately, among those two Google search links I cannot see any bona fide WP:RS. Am I missing something? Articles like this show that the whole area of Congolese (and African) cinema is woefully lacking here, so it would be great if we had a Cinema of the Democratic Republic of the Congo parent article to merge this article to, as this film and its companion, La Mémoire du Congo en péril seem to explore very significant chapters in that country's history of cinema. But I don't have the time to create such an article, even in stub form, unfortunately. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:47, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 16 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Unusual suggestion: Shawn in Montreal gave me this idea above. Why not merge this film and La Mémoire du Congo en péril into a single new Cinema of the Democratic Republic of the Congo article? Create the parent article by merging the premature daughter articles. It may just be the solution here... - Jorgath (talk) (contribs) 15:30, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I made a very rough start at Cinema of the Democratic Republic of the Congo using content from these two articles. I will expand it if not sidetracked.  These two titles could be made redirects to the parent, I suppose. They do not seem particularly notable documentaries. Aymatth2 (talk) 20:04, 17 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Mmm but just merging the one or two films would make it UNDUE.♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:18, 18 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. Not particularly notable, but certainly notable enough - discussed by many sources. Aymatth2 (talk) 20:18, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Reply to Dr. Blofield: Yes, it would make it undue. But it would be undue as a start - I'm sure editors could also find information about other films from D.R. of the Congo and about the film industry in general there. I'm not advocating limiting the article to these two films, but rather using these two films as a jumping-off point for that article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jorgath (talk • contribs) 15:18, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 *  Keep  I think it just meets requirements.♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:40, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * 2x !vote? Gaijin42 (talk) 16:51, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Struck on Dr. Blofeld's behalf, but left his comment. Not being something he normally does, I feel certain his second "keep" was unintentional.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 23:46, 20 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   08:09, 24 March 2012 (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.