Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mean Girls (franchise)


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The result was   delete. Spartaz Humbug! 07:00, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Mean Girls (franchise)

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There's not much of a franchise at the moment for there to be an article. There's the original film, a relatively obscure video game, and two planned sequels that are far too early in development for us to even know if they'll ever exist: one that has yet to shoot (Mean Girls 2) and another that is only in talks (Mean Moms). – Chase  ( talk ) 07:24, 27 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Filming for the sequel begins in July 2010. Meaghan Jette Martin and Maiara Walsh have already been cast. An open casting was held just two hours ago in Atlanta, Georgia for the film. The film actually has two video games. I will be creating the page for Mean Girls: High School Showdown soon. The film also had a soundtrack and the films are based off two self-help books by Rosalind Wiseman. That's a pretty big franchise. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.186.204.243 (talk) 20:30, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Have either of these video games received extensive coverage in reliable sources? No. Have either of the sequels been filmed yet? No, and they haven't received too much coverage at this point. Are the books part of the "franchise"? No. The soundtrack is pretty obscure too. – Chase  ( talk ) 22:00, 27 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:19, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget  01:20, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete A single film does not a franchise make, nor does one film and 1-2 unnotable video games. Sufficiently covered by the existing films article, and per WP:CRYSTAL we should not be attempting to predict any future notability of two additional films which are not even in production yet. Casting is not production enough for WP:NFF. -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 14:54, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge There's some decent content in the Development section which could go in the Mean Girls article. The Mean Moms section can be merged into Rosalind Wiseman's article; she wrote the book on which the film is based on. - Kollision (talk) 16:20, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge relevant info to Mean Girls. Not enough now for a separate article. 71.77.20.119 (talk) 02:47, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete Agree a franchise article on a single movie is preposterous. There are always 10,000 movie tie-in products such as video games and so forth, so it shouldn't count for anything beyond common marketing of the movie. Nineteen Nightmares (talk) 01:31, 4 July 2010 (UTC)Nineteen Nightmares
 * Delete The video games were obvious cash grabs which were only designed to use title familiarity to get $30 out of mothers who didn't know better (and who clearly didn't have the sense to see that Lindsay Lohan wasn't even on the Mean Girls DS cover). Video games which are pretty much "dress-up" and "Bejeweled" clones do not a franchise make, and there are no sources for any future films as of yet.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 10:18, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep It's evident (from the references cited in the main Mean Girls article RE: Mean Girls 2) that a 2nd movie is currently in production, I don't really get the point of deleting this article, only to have to recreate it in 1 week's time when an "official" source does confirm there will be a sequel. I'm also not sure that someone's perceived quality of the 2 video games is particularly relevant (and they've been covered by IGN and Gamespot) - I would say a movie, a movie currently in production, another planned movie, a soundtrack and 2 video games does make a franchise - maybe others disagree. Merge it at the very least. Tom (talk) 20:54, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Even if a second film is made, that doesn't make it a franchise. Soundtracks are par for the course for a film and do not make it a franchise either. Nor two tie in games. A franchise requires far more than just two films, and some unnotable media. -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 21:07, 4 July 2010 (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.