Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Texas Hollywood


 * 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. Nja 247 10:35, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Texas Hollywood

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Article makes absolutely no sense. Speedy declined because "bad translation does not equal gibberish". Maybe not, but do we really need an article of this standard in wikipedia? No. Article fails WP:GNG and any basic standard of quality control that should be in place. Nouse4aname (talk) 08:56, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment: Texas Hollywood truly is a place, but it is more particularly a movie set in Spain, where “spaghetti westerns” were (and perhaps still are) filmed. While received Wikipedia dogma is that even such places as minor neighborhoods, if named and noted in guides or registries, are sufficiently notable for their own articles, I'm not sure that a movie set is automatically notable, nor am I sure that this movie set is significantly more notable than the typical movie set. —SlamDiego&#8592;T 12:13, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. After some investigation, this site seems sufficiently notable.  And the clean-up by REVUpminster (and some by me) has moved this article to the point that it could no longer support a defense of temporary insanity if an editor responded to it with a killing rampage. —SlamDiego&#8592;T 04:09, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Texas Hollywood is well known in spaghetti western circles, with which it should be linked, just as much as Universal Studios. It has just been written by a someone with a poor grasp of English. It just needs editing. It is still used as a film set (Commercials, Music Videos etc.) and tourists could often watch the filming.REVUpminster (talk) 22:51, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Fine, then tidy the article up. I have no knowledge of the subject, so without a shed load of research I am not able to do much with it. But in its present state it should be deleted. Just because the topic may be notable does not mean that a shockingly poor article on that subject should remain. Have we no standards? Nouse4aname (talk) 08:10, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Indeed we have standards, according to which the article should probably stand if the only problem is that that it is badly written, and according to which the cleanup tag should have been applied (as indeed was done by REVUpminster) until it is sufficiently improved. There are various WikiProject groups to whose attention this article can be brought, to speed it towards a state better than nails on a chalk-board. —SlamDiego&#8592;T 10:30, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah yes, because the article would have been swiftly improved if I had stuck a clean up tag on it. Don't kid yourself, clean up tags do nothing. Articles in this state should be deleted until somebody can be bothered to actually make a half decent article. Nouse4aname (talk) 10:33, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
 * If you'll reread my comment, you'll see that I suggested more than just slapping a clean-up tag on this monster. Anyway, if you want to argue for a different approach to bad articles, you need to make your case at the Village Pump or somesuch.  We should not and shall not apply peculiar standards to this particular article. —SlamDiego&#8592;T 11:14, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Some of the best info on Texas Hollywood is on Anthony Delongis website when he was swordmaster and stunt coordinator on Queen of Swords which was filmed there utilising both towns although the American town was used only for the jail and the interiors as sound stages.REVUpminster (talk) 18:08, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Urgh: Mini Hollywood. —SlamDiego&#8592;T 04:19, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Tibo has created three pages representing the three studios all in close proximity Texas Hollywood, Mini Hollywood, Western Leone. I think they should be kept seperate. He has also created List_of_films_shot_in_Almer%C3%ADa which does combine them all and is unwieldly. I think he must have the Spanish guide books as all the films are generally with their Spanish titles.REVUpminster (talk) 09:32, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Spain-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 20:08, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 20:08, 9 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep I do not know what the above means but Tibo has the same article on Spanishwikipedia and Frenchwikipedia. I did not go any further as my language base is non-existant but now that the article makes more sense it should be keptREVUpminster (talk) 21:51, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep notable location with respects and thanks to those who have been improving to address the original concerns of the nominator. Tag it for sources and let's move on. MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 22:25, 10 August 2009 (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.