Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Neddeaus of Duqesne Island


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The result was delete.  So Why  12:17, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

The Neddeaus of Duqesne Island

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Fails WP:GNG. - MrX 17:55, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. Lepricavark (talk) 20:17, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Lepricavark (talk) 20:17, 25 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete I've replaced the in-universe content with a stub, but am concerned the shorter version is still describing a hoax. No references and the CBC live stream link claims to be restricted to Canada.  It may just be a 10-minute long Facebook promo for a non-existent show. Power~enwiki (talk) 03:01, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Well, for what it's worth, this actually is a real thing — Bearcat the Canuck can slide right past the geoblock, and is currently listening to Colin Mochrie talking about potatoes — but Powerenwiki was right to restub it nonetheless: what it is, is a new mockumentary web series that's pretending to be a "lost documentary film" from the 1970s. (And if you don't believe me, consider that it's got Colin Mochrie, who didn't start acting until 1980, and Cara Gee, who wasn't even born until 1983, in it.) But I can find exactly zero reliable source coverage about it besides glancing namechecks of its existence in coverage of the CBC's forthcoming digital OTT service CBCX, and web series are not granted an automatic presumption of notability per WP:TVSHOW just for existing. So no prejudice against recreation in the future if the reliable sourcing beefs up and/or it gets a Canadian Screen Award nomination next January for "Original Digital Program or Series, Fiction" — but nothing here as of right now is enough, and even if it does amass a stronger notability claim in the future the article will still have to be written honestly. Next step: running the WP:HOAX detector across Ford Francis Mayflower, the purported director of the 1970s documentary film that this never really was. Stay tuned. Bearcat (talk) 00:45, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete per, the avatar of Canadiana. WP:TOOSOON? Bearian (talk) 02:46, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete: per MrX Sulaimandaud (talk) 06:53, 3 July 2017 (UTC)


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