Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Famous Players theatres


 * 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 per general consensus below, lack of "mergeable" content. --  tariq abjotu  22:07, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

List of Famous Players theatres

 * ( [ delete] ) – (View AfD) (View log)

Listcruft, just like the Galaxy Cinemas list up for AfD below. No sources at all, unable to verify. Like its sister list, there is no need for this list on Wikipedia. (Contested prod.) - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 19:04, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge/Redirect – Why can’t we make a subpage page on Cineplex Entertainment main page and just merge this list to the subpage? It makes sense to me in that if an individual is looking for Cineplex they may also want to know how many theaters they operate and the location of the theaters.  Just a thought. ShoesssS Talk 19:26, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  22:18, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. As with the Galaxy Cinemas list, there are verifiable sources for this list, they just need to be added. I also don't agree with referring to the lists as "listcruft" because it makes them sound worth less than they are. Creativity-II (talk) 09:48, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep I have readded the link that Realky deleted.  And I agree with the reasons stated above, and suggest a single page of "List of Cineplex Theaters by Brand" since Cineplex owns Alliance, Cinema City, Cineplex Odeon, Coliseum, Colossus, Famous Players 'Traditional', Scotiabank Theaters (with Scotiabank), and Silver City.   These are ALL Verifiable and if you had checked the Cineplex Entertainment List of Theaters, instead of just deleting, you'd have seen that. AllanVS (talk) 14:28, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: The link to the list was left out when I reverted the article back to the version which included the AfD notice. User:AllanVS, the original author of this non-notable list, deliberately removed the AfD notice from the article, a strong violation of Wikipedia policy. I neglected to restore the link. However, I will note that the reference is a primary sources and not independent, and therefore not considered as reliable as independent sources per Wikipedia policy. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 17:13, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
 * And... I have no idea why User:NawlinWiki removed the link again. Again, the link itself is not an issue. The only reason it was deleted before is because I messed up when I was restoring the AfD notice. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 03:03, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete  This sort of article is advertising. The place for the information is on the chain's web page--that's one of the prime reasons the company maintains a web presence. They can do it better than we can, and its more appropriate. there's nothing encyclopedic about a list of individual branches of a chain, movies, restaurants, or whatever. We normally delete them all. FWIW, though, the chains list of its own stores is probably sufficiently rliale as a source if the material were worth including in the first place.  DGG (talk) 18:07, 15 June 2008 (UTC
 * Merge Not enough information to warrant it's own article. Ani  Mate  18:32, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - DGG's reasoning is sound, and I'd add that the title itself is problematic. If the list purports to be of "famous" theaters, it must certainly have reliable sources to support the assertion - probably for each theater. I'm not saying it can't exist without all those cites, but...it doesn't have any.  Frank  |  talk  11:51, 22 June 2008 (UTC) and it's an advertising list, which is part of what Wikipedia is  not.  Frank  |  talk  20:07, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I think "Famous Players" is simply a brand name, not an assertion that each theater is somehow famous. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 14:31, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * DOH - you're correct, of course. Thanks - I've amended above accordingly. Frank  |  talk  20:07, 22 June 2008 (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.