Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trooper Clerks (2nd nomination)


 * 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 no consensus. No further discussion has taken place since within the first 2 days of the afd being initiated, 3 weeks ago, thus reaching a consensus seems unlikely. The weight of opinion seems to be more in favour of keeping. (non-admin closure) Bungle (talk • contribs) 20:34, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Trooper Clerks
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Non notable fan film. Appears to fail WP: NFILM. Previous nomination resulted in redirect/merge. Donald D23  talk to me  01:10, 25 March 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, 78.26  (spin me / revolutions) 01:29, 1 April 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  03:56, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science fiction and fantasy-related deletion discussions.  Donald D23   talk to me  01:10, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
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 * Comment I am not so sure about the non notable. This PhD thesis has a decent-sized paragraph on the film, and there are a number of short mentions in the Google books hits. Unfortunately, I cannot see what's about the film in the essay by Jenkins and the PhD thesis by McDaniel. Can anyone else? Daranios (talk) 11:47, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment: It looks like the name refers to two things: a live action parody trailer and the animated film based on said trailer. Most of what I'm finding so far looks to be more about the LA trailer, so if the article is kept it should be about both the trailer and the animation. ReaderofthePack (formerly Tokyogirl79)  (｡◕‿◕｡)  12:14, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep Found it: In addition to the mentioned PhD thesis, there is a short paragraph discussig the film here on p. 468-469/here on p. 169. Together with short mentions like here and here, and with the award it got, I think this film is notable after all. Like suggested, I think the trailer and animated films should all be treated here collectively. Daranios (talk) 14:20, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment I don't think the award is notable, making the film non-notable. Oaktree b (talk) 22:27, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Did you mean notable as used on Wikipedia or notable as in an important award? Anyway, I think in general if a film get's a major award, that in itself makes it notable, but if it does not, that does not make it non-notable. Rather, we get back to the basic criterion of "is talked about in secondary sources", right? Which I think is the case here, just enough to fullfill WP:WHYN. The fact that it got a not-so-major(?) award in my view is just an additional point towards notability. Daranios (talk) 17:04, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * 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.