Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Malan Breton A Journey to Taiwan


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  22:21, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

Malan Breton A Journey to Taiwan

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Does not appear to pass film notability. The sources are mainly PR releases, advertorials, or blogs. Although the film won an award, I see no article to show that the New York International Film Festival is notable or that its awards are significant enough to confer notability. Apparently the film has been submitted for consideration for an Academy Award - but is simply being "considered" good enough? Also it needs to be noted that the creator has the same name as Malan Breton's PR - so there is a massive conflict of interest. If it does get nominated for an Oscar, all good, but at the moment it seems a bit early for such an article, much less one that is clearly created by the PR team. Mabalu (talk) 13:21, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:14, 16 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Good catch. Yes, it's from a SPA who seems to be here to create Malan Breton-related content. A Google search for "Malan Breton" + film yields a few minor mentions, from what I can see. Oh, and the film isn't being "considered for Academy Award nomination" in the short doc category, so that's actually misleading readers. In fact that's frankly a ludicrous idea for an apparently unremarkable work like this, which appears to be more a self-promotional video rather than a serious work of non-fiction film. I won't remove it, though, so others can see the article in its original state. Not seeing any reason not to delete. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:20, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
 * The claim has now been hastily removed by Breton's PR.... Mabalu (talk) 16:58, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
 * LOL. Though it still resides, sort of, in the lead. Hey, Jason, what are we paying you for? Let's go! ;-) Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:04, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

Breton's PR? Sir I along with millions of other have been following Malan Breton's career since he appeared on Project runway. I am not his PR, and would really appreciate that you stop with the bullying. It is not funny! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jasonbenz2 (talk • contribs) 17:15, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Not millions. Billions. But seriously, I apologize Jason. It was a joke. Still, the article deserves deletion and your Oscars claim was a bit much. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:22, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

we can only go by what is released in the press. But one of his other fans was there when NYC International Film Festival gave him the award and announced the oscar submission. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jasonbenz2 (talk • contribs) 17:26, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
 * If you are not his PR, then explain why your name appears on this PR release, along with Jason Benz's Malan Breton email address. Jason Benz's name and malanbreto.com email also appear on this PR release. Mabalu (talk) 17:32, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
 * That's appalling. Paid editing is one thing, lying is another. I'm now attempting to have Jason Benz blocked. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:40, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
 * And then there's the question of whether this is simply an alternate account for banned sock User:Jasonbenz. I've raised the matter at SPI, though Mabalu points out we don't see the same Google evidence for that. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:54, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Appalling yes. Also faintly hilarious. Delete as per the other (unpaid) comments. JMWt (talk) 21:34, 16 November 2015 (UTC)


 * User:Jasonbenz2 has just been blocked indefinitely for using "Using Wikipedia for promotion, and deception." Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:16, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and, if any value is found, merge. And, for the record, i'm shocked, just shocked, that anyone might lie on WP;  cheers, LindsayHello 17:38, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete this article - pure promotion, nothing in searches shows notability.  Onel 5969  TT me 12:39, 24 November 2015 (UTC)


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