Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/When Engineering Fails (Movie)


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The result was keep, which is the clear concensus after the rewrite stage.Note: modified close, see history -  Daniel.Bryant  11:09, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

When Engineering Fails (Movie)

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Complete load of bollocks. Tried to speedy as nonsense when it got created - admin demurred. Listed here. Megapixie 13:36, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Henry Petroski or speedy delete. Real movie, nonsense description.  Probably I should have listened to Megapixie and speedied it.  --Ed (Edgar181) 13:54, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete I'd suggest BJAODNing it because that image is pretty amusing, but I suppose that'd violate fair use. =(  Anyway, the article provides no reference for the claim that it was a "blockbuster hit of epic proportions".  ShadowHalo 14:33, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Redirect per Ed. --Dhartung | Talk 19:51, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment I replaced the obviously fraudulent page with a truthful stub. What's left now is to decide whether the short film has sufficient notability to merit its own article.  I'm neutral on that issue.  --Hyperbole 03:41, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak keep - The film appears in 80 libraries and appears to have been taught in numerous undergrad courses, including at least one at M.I.T. I can't actually find a reliable source for any of that--just catalogs and e-mails from professors on listservs--but I have no reason to doubt any of it.  --Hyperbole 08:48, 14 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep now that it's been made presentable. Give it a chance. Her Pegship  (tis herself) 04:54, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - even cleaned up - I'm not sure that it's notable enough per Notability (films). It's not even in imdb. Megapixie 13:36, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, TigerShark 18:06, 18 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep It now looks like a presentable stub and the film seems notable enough to stay in Wikipedia. However, I'd suggest moving it to When Engineering Fails (film) per the standard format. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 00:44, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep The evidence of academic use is sufficient. DGG 11:45, 20 February 2007 (UTC)


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