Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sri Lankan Tamil cinema


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The result was Keep. (non-admin closure) czar ♔  05:13, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Sri Lankan Tamil cinema

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Fails WP:NOTABILITY. None of the information here has verifiable sources. EelamStyleZ // TALK 02:56, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
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 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:10, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep I added a source with very substantial coverage and there are many others. Needs to expanded with coverage of the boycotts of Bollywood (Kollywood) films about Sri Lanka, the role of Sri Lankan Tamils in Indian cinema, and other content related to the subject. There is already a list article of Sri Lankan Tamil films. This is a very interesting and notable subject that has in fact been discussed in reliable sources for many aspects related to the war, cultural struggles, censorship, relations between Sri Lanka and India etc. Candleabracadabra (talk) 17:37, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment: Everything you have listed above have nothing to do with a film industry. In that case the article should be renamed or merged with Cinema of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka does not have its own industry of Tamil films. Films produced in Tamil in Sri Lanka are independent films that do not contribute to a single economy. So the term Sri Lankan Tamil cinema is invalid. Also, one of the two sources in this article is a blog, which lacks consistency with WP:NPOV. EelamStyleZ // TALK 05:43, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * To be sure it's not a large film industry. But it's been covered substantially in reliable independent sources and it is significant to the culture of the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka as well as in relation to the larger film industries in neighboring Tamil Nadu, India and India's massive Bollywood film industry, and has been discussed and covered in the media based on this connection. Candleabracadabra (talk) 02:27, 2 May 2014 (UTC)


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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar ♔  04:39, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

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


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar ♔  01:18, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

 Just to reiterate my view, there is plenty of substantial coverage of this subject. In addition to the sources in the article and noted by me here there are also plenty of google books sources such as here, here, here and here. Candleabracadabra (talk) 22:13, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep, I think the sources in the article, plus those provided by User:Candleabracadabra are good enough to kick this over the WP:GNG line. Interesting topic, especially given the status of Tamils in Sri Lanka these days.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 07:52, 18 May 2014 (UTC).
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