Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vietnam War 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   kept and moved to Vietnam War in film based on consensus. Erik says it best: it's best to treat this as a cinematically-related topic, going with the "in film" naming norms. I'll do what I can to start some improvements, by cleaning up and adding some sources. (Non-admin closure).  Jamie ☆ S93  20:25, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Vietnam War film

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Appears to be completely unreferenced original research ukexpat (talk) 21:32, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge or Redirect to War film. Though I suspect a decent article could be built on the subjetc given sufficient time and effort (covering notable examples of the subgenre, it's history, common themes, etc...) this isn't really it. Artw (talk) 22:02, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions.  -- ukexpat (talk) 22:02, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * redirect to either Vietnam_War or [War_film#1960s]].-- Lenticel ( talk ) 23:19, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand A quick check on Google scholar shows there are several thousand sources available, including some entire books on the specific subject. In fact, [Whttp://www.worldcat.org/search?q=su%3AVietnam+War%2C+1961-1975+Motion+pictures+and+the+war.&fq=dt%3Abks+%3E+ln%3Aeng&qt=facet_ln%3A WorldCat] shows over a hundred under the most obvious subject heading. If the original ed. cannot be gotten to finish the article, there's enough of a start for others. As a start, see Dittmar, Linda, and Gene Michaud. From Hanoi to Hollywood: The Vietnam War in American Film. New Brunswick [u.a.]: Rutgers Univ. Press, 2000; Adair, Gilbert. Vietnam on Film: From the Green Berets to Apocalypse Now. New York: Proteus, 1981. etc. etc. Why do people nominate or argue  for deletion without even the most rudimentary of checks? DGG (talk) 03:22, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep as the stub has tremendous potential to grow. DGG has it 100% correct per WP:BEFORE. No need to merge. Allow it to grow and be pleasently surprised at the results.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 03:38, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and maybe move to Vietnam War in film. As DGG says, there are entire books about the subject. The article isn't in great shape, but it's a start. Zagalejo^^^ 04:39, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Sugested move name is an excellent choice. Nice.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 06:02, 15 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep per Zagalejo. I would be surprised if this couldn't be expanded. The subject is notable, lots of sources available. EconomicsGuy (talk) 06:48, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, move to Vietnam War in film and expand. If expanded to more than one paragraph and sourced, this could actually have the makings of a good article. Doc StrangeMailbox Logbook 15:04, 15 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment There is already a list at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiction_based_on_the_Vietnam_War and I see list of World War 2 movies. Perhaps rename it to List of films featuring the Vietnam War.    D r e a m Focus  01:56, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions.  —Nick-D (talk) 08:01, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirect to War film. The article is a month old and is still an unreferenced single paragraph stub with an ungrammatical name (it should be Vietnam War films or something similar). If anyone takes an interest in this topic it can be easily split out into a proper article. Nick-D (talk) 08:04, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete & redirect: At present article is obsolete to Vietnam War. Ryan 4314   (talk) 12:22, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and move to Vietnam War in film. It seems more valid to treat it as a cinematic topic rather than an actual sub-genre, as the article title and body indicates.  I recommend adding a small "Further reading" section to reflect its notability more obviously and to hopefully give visitors to the article a chance to use the sources to expand the article. — Erik  (talk • contrib) 15:20, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and move to Vietnam War in film per everyone above.Nrswanson (talk) 10:58, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep The sources on which to develope this article are abundant, claiming deletion or redirect on the the ground that not much work has been done till now doesn't strike me as a convincing argument.--Aldux (talk) 16:59, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep This is a classic case of a worthwile subject being nominated for deletion because it fails to meet Wikipedia's quality standards at the first attempt. Improvement is the way to go with this one, not deletion.  I also support renaming to Vietnam War in film.  Sp in ni  ng  Spark  19:12, 18 March 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.