Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spiritismes


 * 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   keep. Consensus to keep following relisting The Bushranger One ping only 00:58, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Spiritismes

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Article is about an art/theatre/film project by artist Guy Maddin due to be completed sometime later in 2013. As such, it is probably WP:TOOSOON for this article. Article is sourced to an interview by a theatre magazine, the remainder of the sources are a self-authored publication by Maddin and a handful of blogs pieces. I can't see anything substantial here or online to indicate it is widely known. The project already has an ample paragraph in the Guy Maddin article. Sionk (talk) 18:54, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

In defense of the article: the project is sourced to/discussed in reputable periodicals (e.g., Border Crossings, Sight & Sound) on two continents. Although the completed project will constitute a film, it is also a hybrid art installation project in multiple stages: the first stage installation has already taken place at the Centre Pompidou in France, and so while the feature film stage is forthcoming, the art installation stage has begun and the project is continuing: it may be useful to have this page established so that it can be expanded as it develops. Although, as noted, the project is also mentioned on the main Maddin biography page, since the project involves 100 short films it may be useful for this page to host information about them to avoid the creation of further unique pages for these films. Maddin himself is one of the most notable film directors in Canada and has a worldwide reputation and this is a major project. JonathanGBall (talk) 22:04, 4 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Border Crossings and Sight and sounds do not verify information about the project, but information about tangential topics i.e. the 2010 film Take a Bath and the collage play The Inn of the Guardian Angel. To prove notability the secondary sources need to be about the subject i.e. Spiritismes Sionk (talk) 00:50, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:31, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

To heighten its accuracy, I have removed some of the material in the article that is planned but not yet completed/confirmed. [User:JonathanGBall|JonathanGBall]] (talk) 13:03, 11 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep. With the current shootings already live on the website of the Centre Pompidou, and the announcements to do the same in Winnipeg and at the MoMa, this project is already so high-profile that it would be a waste to nix what is already here. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 14:17, 6 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep. The Border Crossings article IS in fact about the project as a whole: it is titled "A Constellation of Narratives: Dreaming the History of Lost Cinema" and in it Robert Enright and Meeka Walsh interview Maddin specifically about the Seances/Spiritismes project. The article also confirms that the project " began in Paris at the Centre Pompidou over a three-week period in February and March of 2012" JonathanGBall (talk) 17:03, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, KTC (talk) 01:47, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 02:57, 19 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep. Per Martijn Hoekstra.  There's sufficient coverage already in existence to justify an article on this in-progress production. --Arxiloxos (talk) 07:04, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep as having the coverage to merit being a reasonable exception to WP:NFF. It serves the project and its readers to allow this to remain and be improved over time and through regular editing.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 21:47, 20 January 2013 (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.