Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of longest film releases


 * 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  d elete. - Mailer Diablo 05:59, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

List of longest film releases

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WP:NOT - loosely associated topics, the films have nothing in common other than managing to stay on general release for more than 27 weeks (which isn't even a measure of success, because number 2 on the list is a film I've never heard of, My Brother's Keeper). The fact that 27 weeks was chosen as the cut-off point seems arbitrary. Also, these aren't the longest film releases, they're the longest film releases in the US. Saikokira 00:45, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 'Comment twenty-seven weeks isn't arbitary: it equates to "over six months". Tom pw (talk) (review) 21:46, 2 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete no sources, second movie isn't even a movie. FrozenPurpleCube 01:02, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: The second movie had an erroneous wikilink, which I have now fixed. ≈≈Carolfrog≈≈♦тос♦ 03:29, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete. Unnecessary list and odd cut-off point, but I'm sure there can be somewhere else to put this list. A box office-related Wiki page perhaps? Lemmy12 01:36, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. No sources listed; I can't even figure out where this information came from.  Granted, I'm not the most skillful researcher in the world, but as is, the article fails WP:ATT.  ≈≈Carolfrog≈≈♦тос♦ 03:31, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Per nomination. Useless article, with useless criteria. Jmlk17 05:53, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails WP:NOT. Sr13 (T|C) ER 06:28, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:NOTE, WP:NOT, WP:ATT, and even WP:CSB, since this is only a list of the longest first-run movie releases in the United States, and not a list of the longest film releases. -- Charlene 09:18, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Per all of the above. There is only one substantive link to the article and the material could be worked into that article as a simple table.  Jody B   12:01, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletions.  -- Pax:Vobiscum 09:29, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep I find this information at least as interesting as many other lists in Wikipedia and wouldn't mind keeping it around. That said, it should definitely be renamed so its clear that the releases are US specific and expanded to included other less lengthy long releases. A list that is arbitrary cut off at just a handful of entries seems silly but I see no reason to do that. mako (talk•contribs) 14:49, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete and shovel the dirt over it: (1) No sources, none whatsoever. (2) No definition - what do they mean?  First run?  The movie is in some theater somewhere?  (3) It's just plain inaccurate.  Titanic was in first run release in my area at the time for over a year, and it's not reflected in a list that bottoms out at half that span.    RGTraynor  14:56, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment There's one movie theatre that's had The Sound of Music on its daily playbill since 1965. -- Charlene 15:57, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: I believe it, and probably some place has had Gone With The Wind up for sixty years. Does that constitute a "release?"  It's sounding more POV-ish by the moment.    RGTraynor  16:20, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete (a) There were cinemas in the French & Belgian Channel ports that showed A Clockwork Orange continuously for 27 years (from Kubrick's refusal to release it in the UK through to his death), shouldn't that be up there? (b) WTF is a film that grossed $1.3 million doing at #2 and (c) hopelessly indiscriminate list of inaccurate information
 * Strong keep. Arguments above tend to relate to editing article rather than its deletion.  Revise to reflects these points.  --Daniel C. Boyer 17:55, 1 May 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.