Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Signal (Film)


 * 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 Delete all.Cúchullain t/ c 03:43, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

The Signal (Film)

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This was tagged for speedy then contested. Essentially, there is no credible evidence that this meets any of our guidelines. It is completely unsourced. Complicating things is the fact that it appears there is a film called The Signal that may in fact be notable as it screened at Sundance. This is not that movie though. Add to that the fact that if you look at the originator's username and contributions, it's not a stretch to see a possible WP:COI here. I'd also suggest bundling the following related articles here as well: Andre Boyer Sarah Ashley CJ Johnson Nick Thiel Han Le None of these individuals meet WP:BIO; they have a few minor appearances in television and an IMDB page. Most were speedy tagged as well, but the speedies were contested. My opinion is delete all. Isotope23 19:23, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete all: Non-notable movie and all actors are non-notable as well.  Seicer  (talk) (contribs) 20:17, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete the lot. A previously deleted part of the article gives it away; "The Signal has also been broken up into webisodes airing on You Tube" . And if the film's not notable the actors certainly aren't.  Eliminator JR Talk  20:50, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Important note The author over-wrote a previous article at Jed Williams with the one in this AfD. . I've reverted, the article, and removed Jed Williams from this AfD.  Eliminator JR  Talk  20:55, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Good call... sorry I missed that when I nominated these.--Isotope23 23:27, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Ths Signal is in the process of being added to the IMDB database. I did not see any inclusion of it on an online encyclopedia but, the film has been broken up into pieces on www.youtube.com. There is also a main website for the film at www.myspace.com/thesignaliscoming. The Signal is an independent film and is cureently being circulated to film and video festivals.

This was deleted because I didn't think it complied to the guidelines. It doesn't give anything away it was just a correction: "A previously deleted part of the article gives it away; "The Signal has also been broken up into webisodes airing on You Tube""

I don't think the cast should be lumped into the same category as the film because they are individuals and have other valid work that has been verified by IMDB and My Space. Therefore they are noteworthy. The film however should be considered for deletion because after reviweing more details I see it doesn't meet all the guidelines for wikipedia. I didn't know that. I'm not trying to seel anything I'm just adding an independent film.


 * Comment IMDB is not considered valid verification, as it allows people to add themselves to the database. And of course the same goes for MySpace. It might be worth reading Wikipedia's criteria for notability of films and criteria for people.  Eliminator JR  Talk  21:19, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

You cannot be added to IMDB unless there is verification that your work has been on television, film, or screened at festivals. They have editors that get paid to make sure everything the truth. It's actually harder to add something there than wikipedia. I am going to read the links you posted so, I can understand the process of adding information to wikipedia. I'm a bit confused as to why there's so much animosity towards a one project.


 * Comment Please don't take it as animosity. Many hundreds of articles are added to Wikipedia every day, and many don't make the strict guidelines that the encyclopedia has for inclusion.  Hence the need for this page.  If you can improve the article so that it meets those guidelines, then it will be kept.  Eliminator JR  Talk  21:57, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

After reading the guidelines, I will make the necessary changes promptly.


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