Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vijayam (film)


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The result was delete. T. Canens (talk) 14:40, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Vijayam (film)

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Fails WP:NFILM. The three sources in the article are all unreliable. GeoffreyT2000 ( talk,  contribs ) 04:58, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
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 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:20, 9 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep, added references from mainstream media sources. Notable movie. --Soman (talk) 08:06, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 07:02, 14 January 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep, Some regional films do not make a lot of promotion but it shows traces of notability -- ✝iѵ ɛɳ  २२४० †ลℓк †๏ мэ 17:06, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, T. Canens (talk) 14:13, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. While I do appreciate Soman's effort in adding more reliable sources, I am unsure whether they are sufficient to establish notability (à la WP:GNG or WP:NFILM. Of all the sources provided in the Article:
 * Idlebrain.com does not provide any kind of description to assess reliability or independence for the purpose of establishing notability.
 * Raaga.com is merely a music-hosting website, and the specific reference cannot support anything other than that some music exists for this movie that exists (at best).
 * That leaves the one Times of India news articles, and the two The Hindu news article. Of these, "Gazala scripts her way to Vijayam" (Times of India) is an interview with one of the actresses in the film, and does not mention the film but in passing. The same can be said about "Picture perfect" (The Hindu) . Neither of them therefore contribute to establishing WP:SIGCOV. That just leaves one source, "Message-oriented film" (The Hindu, Metro Plus Hyderabad, May 12, 2003) . Even on the assumption of good faith that this source is reliable and independent, I'm not sure whether one source which discusses the film in detail as a main topic is sufficient to establish notability of the subject in this instance. A Google search on the topic is unmanageably cluttered with irrelevant sources, but does not seem promising in providing additional independent reliable sources to support notability of this film. Nor do any of the sources meet other evidence of film notability, which would have at least given a presumption of notability.--  talk2Chun  (talk) (contributions) 15:14, 21 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete I find myself agreeing with Talk2chun's comments. I was unable to find an editorial policy for Idlebrain.com and the author was not identified. If Idlebrain can be shown to be an independent RS or other RSs are found I would reconsider. Gab4gab (talk) 20:50, 21 January 2017 (UTC)


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