Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of premium large format cinema screens in the UK


 * 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__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Doczilla Ohhhhhh, no! 07:37, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

List of premium large format cinema screens in the UK

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WP:NOTDIRECTORY. -- Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 18:51, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Film, Entertainment, Lists,  and United Kingdom. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 18:51, 7 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Keep Dozens of hours went into gathering this information that otherwise isn't in an accessible format anywhere on the internet. It's carefully sourced and cited and all of these are notable in their own right (premium format screens make up less than 1% of all cinema screens in the UK). There are literally dozens of far less useful articles that are untouched. In particular there are hundreds of lists of shopping malls in different countries on Wikipedia that are clearly tolerated by the rules. What makes this list fundamentally different than a list of shopping malls?
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_the_United_Kingdom
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_railway_bridges_and_viaducts_in_the_United_Kingdom
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shopping_centres_in_the_United_Kingdom
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shopping_centres_in_the_United_Kingdom_by_size
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shopping_malls_in_France

143.58.201.143 (talk) 19:37, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, WP:HARDWORK and WP:MERCY aren't useful as keep arguments. Cakelot1  ☞&#xFE0F;  talk  06:52, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
 * — 143.58.201.143 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. SpacedFarmer (talk) 11:51, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
 * While we're drawing attention to single purpose accounts, I note that Spaced Farmer has made few or no other edits to any other topic on Wikipedia. Almost the entirety of their 2,000+ contributions were for the single purpose of getting articles deleted. 143.58.201.143 (talk) 05:49, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * not to take this to far off topic but looking at their x-tools (here) less than half their edits have been to the Wikipedia name space, with about a third of those going to deletion sorting. All of which is to say they are obviously not a WP:SPA Cakelot1 ☞&#xFE0F;  talk  07:17, 10 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Delete: WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is not a valid keep rationale. The vast majority of citations are to directory-type entries at imax.com, and I could find no source that discusses the topic of the list as a group (the closest I could find is: ).  If someone really cares about finding premium format screens in the UK, there are better places (such as imax.com) to find that information; WP:NOTDIRECTORY. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 02:57, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTDIRECTORY and/or WP:NOTDATABASE Cakelot1  ☞&#xFE0F;  talk  06:54, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep  List provides context with specific technical information. Encompasses more than just imax theaters, and sources more information than imax.com provides in their directory (which also is a search only directory). The list is limited in scope, and it appears to have been steadily improved with sourcing and links to wiki articles about the theaters. Sourcing is still limited and overly reliant on imax.com and the remains of lfexaminer. Further context and links to wiki articles are needed. Worthy of improvement, but in my reading of WP:NOTDIRECTORY it does not fall to the level of an overly broad contextless “phone book” list. FriendlyToaster (talk) 16:54, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment: This discussion is mentioned off-wiki here and here Cakelot1  ☞&#xFE0F;  talk  22:35, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTDIRECTORY and/or WP:NOTDATABASE too. SpacedFarmer (talk) 11:45, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete: Wikipedia is WP:NOTDIRECTORY and WP:NOTDATABASE. Let&#39;srun (talk) 20:14, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete: WP:NOTDIRECTORY, WP:NOTDATABASE, cited only to primary sources, doesn't meet WP:LISTN. Wikipedia is not a web host and there are plenty of other places to store random lists. StreetcarEnjoyer (talk)  17:10, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete: Fancruft meets Listcruft. Wikipedia is not a directory, this list needs to pass NLIST, nothing found in the article or in BEFORE that show this has been discussed as a group. Nothing in the article indicates it serves a navigation purpose. No sources found in the above Keep fanspam and the canvassing is obvious.  // Timothy :: talk  17:22, 14 May 2024 (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.