Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of films set around Oktoberfest


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The result was delete. ✗ plicit  11:18, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

List of films set around Oktoberfest

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Contrary to what this article asserts, an Oktoberfest film isn’t a “genre of film”, it’s just a film that happens to be set in Oktoberfest. The article lists two films about which we already have articles, both helpfully called “Oktoberfest”. That’s it. There may be other films set in part in Oktoberfest but since this isn’t a genre and there don’t appear to be sources discussing them as a set, I think this is an invalid list about a non topic. Mccapra (talk) 10:53, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 10:53, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 10:53, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Germany-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 10:53, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and lack of references. Since the creator is a new user I'll drop them a line about what constitutes a wikipedia article. Mujinga (talk) 13:27, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - I have found no sources describing the concept of being set around Oktoberfest as a "genre" of film, so the opening paragraph making that claim appears to be WP:OR. This may have been a good-faith attempt to create a kind of pseudo-disambiguation page for the two similarly named films, but we already have Oktoberfest (disambiguation), which lists them both, to take care of that.  As a small side note, we actually don't currently have an article on the German one - the link here is actually an external link to its IMDB listing.  Rorshacma (talk) 16:45, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete Poorly formatted listcruft. desmay (talk) 13:09, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment: There's no category for Oktoberfest in film. I can see some other films like Beerfest and In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus (film) and to a lesser degree ones like American Virgin (2009 film), Strange Brew, and Gotcha! (film). Would there be merit in having a category for this? I know that it's not a holiday film type per se, not like Christmas or Valentine films, but I can see there being a category since it would just be a "Oktoberfest in film" (or popular culture) and not "Oktoberfest film". ReaderofthePack (formerly Tokyogirl79)  (｡◕‿◕｡)  19:09, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
 * By lesser degree I mean that it's a visible part of the film but not a main or the main focus of the movie. ReaderofthePack (formerly Tokyogirl79)  (｡◕‿◕｡)  19:11, 30 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete This article is just a poorly formated WP:listcruft article. Pahiy (talk) 23:06, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete There are sources that could potentially support lists of films set in a particular time of the year, like But Oktoberfest is not a genre or something that has been discussed as a group or set by independent reliable sources.


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