Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of films about time travel


 * 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. Unmaintainable and the material is better covered in Category:Time travel films and Time travel in fiction. No improvement since the opening of the AfD.Cúchullain t/ c 15:04, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

List of films about time travel

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A somewhat listcruft list done quite badly with no links to it. Incomplete and just another list. Reywas92 Talk 15:56, 30 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete because it is unmaintainable and inherently WP:POV - how do we decide what a film is "about" and what constitutes "time travel" in this context? Also because this is a badly constructed article that likely will never be completed and too US/UK centric as written. Gwernol 15:59, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Userfy. This looks like a temp page that somehow escaped into article space. (It's even signed). I think a list of time-travel films is viable (and I disagree with some of Gwernol's rationale above. (How do we decide what a film is about? A synopsis of the film available either on Wiki or elseswhere covers that. And time travel is easily defined as ... time travel. Easy.) but in this case it really looks like a work-in-progress that got out into the wild prematurely. 23skidoo 18:04, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, but only if it gets a lot of work done. One, the list is horribly incomplete (and would be extrememly difficult to complete), and the page needs formatting and links.  Useight 20:51, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, but completely rewrite. Add a couple templates to it which would make clear that the article must be improved. The topic, I think, is viable - but the article as it now stands has all kinds of problems.  There is a category for time travel films (over here), so there are plenty of candidates.  The list would be usefull if it arranges all time travel films in a special table (see List of computer-animated films for an example of what I mean) and adds "release date" and "country" fields (so that it would be possible to sort by release date and country, something which you can't currently do in the category).  Also, it absolutely must be made international (not just American films) to avoid WP:BIAS. Esn 01:29, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete In current form and title this article is ListCruft. List of films featuring time machines might just be acceptable as would List of films in which time travel occurs but the title (and therefore also the content) of this list is just too vague. A1octopus 16:08, 4 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep I created this page as a source for anyone who wanted to be able to find USA made time travel films in one spot. I am new to trying to make a wiki page, so if you have any helpful information on how I can continue making this page (AND IT IS STILL UNFINISHED) please let me know. I would rather take the time to obey your rules then have this whole list deleted. I have been spending time trying to verify that my list will be complete and correct. The goal was to stop having to look at "Top 10 Time travel film" lists on google and actually have all of them in one place. Again, please tell me what to do to keep this page and follow any rules wikipedia has. Thank youChris F 19:16, 5 April 2007 (UTC)


 * OK, it looks like the article can stay, but it needs claen-up. 1.  It shouldn't be US-centric, Wikipedia is a world-wide site.  2.  The "Films not included" part isn't of a standard article and needs to go.  I can go ahead and start on some of it, and you can add the rest.  Reywas92 Talk 22:03, 5 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep but a) move and b) work up as a de-merge split of the section Time_travel_in_fiction (I've added a template to that section with this suggestion). Suggest that the article be moved to List of films using time travel as a plot device or something that carries this meaning but is less wordy; most films are not about time travel but rather use time travel as a plot device.  The section Time_travel_in_fiction is already a list of such films, albeit incomplete and wordy - difficult to pull the title from the description.  --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 11:16, 6 April 2007 (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.