Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of films set in an unnamed city


 * 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 of the debate was KEEP. -Splash talk 02:37, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

List of films set in an unnamed city
This is just a pointless list to me. Is anyone really going to look this up? It's trivial. Woohookitty(cat scratches) 10:52, 29 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete My word, is their no end to listcruft? Is there a union for people with anorak tendencies to join? doktorb | words 10:59, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete A bit too random for my tastes. Kusonaga 11:08, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep, if changed per Dlyons' suggestions below. Kusonaga 11:50, 29 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep There are lists of films set in Quebec, Dallas, New Jersey, Budapest, Sicily, Morocco, Miami and so forth already on Wikipedia. I feel that a list of films whose setting is unnamed (which has thematic and artistic interest) is at least as important as specific settings (which has personal and at best geographic interest). This topic came up during a discussion in one of my film courses and I could find no pre-existing lists on the web. Walrus125 11:16, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak keep if expanded explaining the thematic signicance in a few specific films. Also definition says location while title says city.  The latter seems more focussed and less likely to degenerate into cruft over time.    Dl yo ns 493   Ta lk  11:40, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep as per above Jcuk 12:55, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak keep Seems good content, not sure how useful... I'll assume Good Faith... &mdash;This user has left wikipedia 13:23 2006-01-29
 * Keep As long as it stays limited to examples where the city being an unnamed one is important to the film.--T. Anthony 13:35, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Seems well written, not just a list for the sake of one. There's a whiff of original research though... --Canley 23:43, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. As per Walrus125, it isn't really that random. I also agree with Dylons493's suggestions. This is an interesting list that parallels the lists of films whose locations are thematically important places. It is a verifiable list and it is kind of notable. I wish there could be more sources, but if they don't really exist online, then using literature or the movie pages themselves should be fine. Folkor 00:12, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak keep - appears to be leading somewhere. Essexmutant 11:26, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete all listcruft :: Supergolden 17:09, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong delete as it is a list which appears to have been created just for the sake of having such a list, i.e. listcruft. Stifle 18:43, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * So then would you like to also delete all the lists of movies set in specific cities? This list serves just as much as a purpose as those lists, and tends to be more interesting. Folkor 19:59, 31 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep. It's perfectly useful, interesting and factual.--Gene_poole 05:16, 2 February 2006 (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.