Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zappa (film)


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The result was speedy keep. No real reason given for deletion, but also improved. Geschichte (talk) 16:47, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Zappa (film)

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non notable film L1A1 FAL (talk) 22:44, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. L1A1 FAL (talk) 22:44, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Denmark-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 23:34, 29 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep. I've found reviews from the New York Times, DVD Talk, and AV Club, as well as from a French magazine. I get the strong feeling that there is more out there, however it's likely not all on the Internet or otherwise easily discovered via a Google search (ie, behind database paywalls). There's also evidence that it's used in education as well. ReaderofthePack (formerly Tokyogirl79)  (｡◕‿◕｡)  05:52, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Even before Reader's excellent expansion work, the film stated that it had been shown at the Cannes Film Festival, the Moscow Film Festival AND was the Danish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film! Please can the nom explain why that equates to a "non notable film" in their opinion?  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 07:02, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * In their defense, they may have thought that screening at these festivals wouldn't establish notability and that since it was nominated but not accepted as one of the official films up for the Oscar, it wouldn't be enough to establish notability. They're not entirely wrong with that in that screening at most film festivals aren't enough to establish notability, including some parts of the Cannes festival. However the catch here is that it was part of "Un Certain Regard", which is one of the areas of Cannes that does count towards notability since it's one of the most selective portions of the festival. The Oscar nod is somewhat understandable as well since being nominated for an Oscar (as an official selection) wouldn't make something pass notability guidelines, just make it more likely that it would be - at least as far as my past understanding goes. It would actually be awesome if just being one of the final nominations was enough to establish notability, as it's pretty dang difficult to get to that point and a sign of being seen as fairly notable in one regard or another. ReaderofthePack (formerly Tokyogirl79)  (｡◕‿◕｡)  08:32, 30 October 2020 (UTC)


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