Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mahananda (2022 film)


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The result was Draftify. Liz Read! Talk! 02:17, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Mahananda (2022 film)

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Mahananda (2022 film)

Article about an upcoming film that has two problems. First, it does not satisfy any version of film notability guidelines. Second, none of the references satisfy the English Wikipedia's guidelines on independent reliable sources. This film is scheduled for release on 8 April 2022. Neither the article nor the sources say anything significant about production, only who did it (and every film was produced by someone, unless it wasn't). None of the references show any independence; they are all from the filmmaker, composer, or other associates. Most of them are Times of India, which is not considered reliable, but reliability is not sufficient, because a reliably reported puff piece and an unreliably reported puff piece are both still puff pieces. As of about 0500 GMT, 20 March, there are both an article and a draft that have been tagged for history merge. The article was moved to draft space by User:DaxServer as not ready for article space, but was then copy-pasted back into article space, and the two pages have been tagged for history merge. The move to draft space has obviously been contested, so that AFD is the alternative to an alternative to deletion.

The current article is not even worth keeping in anticipation of the release of the film, because none of the sources are independent, so that it is just a pre-release promotional item. A Soft Delete is in order. Blow this up so that another editor who isn't trying to rush stuff into article space can write a reasonable article when the film is released. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:28, 20 March 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 03:13, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:28, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:28, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Delete or draftify until actual, reliable sources exist. It's not overly promotional, but that doesn't give it a free pass to bend RS. Lastly, I'm not quite sure the article has a claim to notability. Toadspike (talk) 03:47, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Draftify per WP:NFF, with the potential that the film could receive some independent coverage after release. BOVINEBOY 2008 18:36, 2 April 2022 (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.