Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yo-kai Watch (film)


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The result was speedy delete as a hoax. I've turned it into a redirect. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  19:58, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Yo-kai Watch (film)

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This article is about an upcoming film, so the relevant notability guideline is WP:NFF. I cannot find very many reliable sources that definitively confirm the existence of this upcoming film, let alone whether it is clearly out of the pre-production process as NFF requires for animated films. Here may be one that says "it's coming" but nothing more. Some of the content that was in the article appeared to have been unverifiable speculation (violation of WP:CRYSTAL), such as this cast list that included Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande. The production company and distributors that are listed in the article (Sony Pictures Animation and Columbia Pictures) are also inconsistent with past films in this franchise (where OLM, Inc. was the production company and Toho the distributor -- see Yo-kai Watch: The Movie), and I was unable to find any verification that American production companies are being involved. It is most likely too soon for a standalone article at this time. Mz7 (talk) 00:48, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete and redirect to Yo-kai Watch: The Movie. I could not find anything whatsoever about an American-made Yo-Kai Watch film (and given how the franchise didn't exactly do well in the West, I doubt one will be made anytime soon). I have a suspicion that the article in its current form is a complete hoax: the Yo-Kai Watch film referred to in 's link is for a completely unrelated Japanese YW film. If Genndy Tartakovsky really was involved in the making of such a film, given his reputation in the Western animation industry, that should surely raise eyebrows and have coverage, but no. The article is close to being a G3 hoax: it's probably not blatant enought to be eligible for G3 (remember that legimitate films in the franchise do exist), but it sure is close to one. If the article is deleted, I suggest that the title be recreated as a redirect to the article on the legitimate YW film (Yo-kai Watch: The Movie) as a possible search term. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 13:19, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
 * It's definitely a hoax. Tartakovsky might not necessarily be one of those guys that gets news whenever he farts, but he most certainly would get coverage if he were to direct a film for a major anime series. Also, Justin Bieber is one of those people who gets coverage for his bodily functions and there's no way that he'd be attached to this film and not have it mentioned somewhere. There are just too many big names attached to this, including big companies, for there to be zero coverage. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  15:36, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete -- as a blatant WP:HOAX per the obviously inflated cast and crew list. The article's creator also has a history of similar problematic edits. — Cactus Writer (talk) 19:20, 6 February 2017 (UTC)


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