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Magdalena Szwedkowicz

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Subject does not appear to be notable enough to warrant her own article. Upon a WP:BEFORE search, no sources passing WP:GNG show up. I noticed that the article creator seems to have a undisclosed WP:COI with the subject as well, and the article seems to be written in a promotional tone. WormEater13 (talk • contribs) 20:35, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai

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Fails WP:NFF. Attempted redirect as an WP:ATD but that was objected to. Filming has begun but there is nothing notable about the production, sources are all promotional announcements, WP:NEWSORGINDIA, or otherwise unreliable. Fails WP:NFF which says " films that have already begun shooting, but have not yet been publicly released (theatres or video), should generally not have their own articles unless the production itself is notable per the notability guidelines." Release date is a year away as well. CNMall41 (talk) 15:06, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The same article Wikipedia:NFF says "Films that have not been confirmed by reliable sources to have commenced principal photography should not have their own articles, as budget issues, scripting issues and casting issues can interfere with a project well ahead of its intended filming date. The assumption should also not be made that because a film is likely to be a high-profile release it will be immune to setbacks—there is no "sure thing" production. Until the start of principal photography, information on the film might be included in articles about its subject material, if available. Sources must be used to confirm the start of principal photography after shooting has begun."

3 schedules (Mumbai, Goa, Uttarakhand) are confirmed to be complete per reliable sources and 4th one (UK) is almost complete (started towards end of April). So majority of the film has been shot. It satisfies the principal photography condition.

"Additionally, films that have already begun shooting, but have not yet been publicly released (theatres or video), should generally not have their own articles unless the production itself is notable per the notability guidelines."

This is over-ridden by the above as I mentioned. Plus its not that film has just begun shooting. Shooting is almost close to completion Computeracct (talk) 04:56, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nope. Not the proper reading of WP:NFF. Outcomes of deletion discussions have found that. 1 - If filming has not begun, it should NOT have its own page and if filming has begun then information can be put in related pages such as list, etc. as long as there are reliable sources to support. 2 - Until the film is released, it should NOT have its own page UNLESS there is something notable about the production.--CNMall41 (talk) 05:10, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Institute (company)

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Non-notable company with almost literally no outside coverage. Former producers and directors section is unsourced (and the "former" status is not explained), the Films produced both point to IMDb pages, and the only other citations are:

A press release, which is a dead link with no accessible archive
A "Product Placement News" article, which is a dead link with no accessible archive
The company's LinkedIn page...twice (as sources 2 and 6)

The only other sources I could find were this Variety profile from March 2009 and this Fxguide article about Bay buying Digital Domain, both of which only briefly mentions the Institute and certainly don't qualify as significant coverage. Unless others have more luck finding sources, this is worth a single-sentence mention in Bay's article at best. Sock (~~tock~~ talk) 02:41, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Nuke (warez)

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Fails WP:INDISCRIMINATE and WP:GNG, appears to be largely original research and can be succinctly explained in the warez article without the extensive technical detail. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 19:17, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete per nom. Go D. Usopp (talk) 11:03, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Warez scene as an WP:ATD-R - It seems like the relevant content is already there without the need to merge content. The rest of what is in this article is more of a how-to or example list (or even unrelated content relevant to releases, but not necessarily nuking, from what I gather reading this). -2pou (talk) 17:18, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Afterward (film)

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WP:NFF. The first sentence sums it up: Afterward is a repeatedly announced American thriller... (emphasis mine). There is no clear confirmation that production ever began, and going further, there is definitely not anything to say the production was notable. The first production statement reads "supposedly began"... This was sourced to a Variety Insight listing that just listed the planned dates, and it doesn't really confirm that the planned dates held true. This is exemplified by the next production statement that says it would start in October 2023. Again, this is planned production, and we have no confirmation it took place. The source is also a blog and pre-dates the planned start date, giving us no real production information. I know IMDb is not reliable, but just as a reference point, it still lists this as in "Pre-Production" status. I am not opposed to sending it back to draft. 2pou (talk) 19:06, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: sounds like it's stuck in "development hell", where it could linger for quite some time... I don't see notability about this upcoming project, that's been in that status since 2020... We have sourcing, but it's all news items for a thing that never happens. Oaktree b (talk) 20:07, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pirated movie release types

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Fails WP:NLIST, largely original research and what sourced material does exist within the article is sourced to unreliable sources. Previous AfDs were just a WP:VOTE without actual policy debate. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 18:55, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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CGMagazine

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Fails WP:NWEB. I'm not seeing other significant coverage apart from the news story about the site moving towns: [1]. Mika1h (talk) 16:02, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. Lack of sigcov in itself. Go D. Usopp (talk) 11:04, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cult Critic Movie Awards

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Non notable film festival. Lacks coverage in independent reliable sources. Notability is not inherited from people they give awards to. "an IMDb Award listing live screening award event". Puffery that screams promotion. (One of four similar looking festivals on Wikipedia operating out of Kolkata and are imdb qualifying duffbeerforme (talk) 08:09, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep I can see a lot of significant coverage with underlying proof of verifiability and reliability in multiple secondary sources. Meets WP:GNG. CresiaBilli (talk) 13:32, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
WP:VAGUEWAVE, WP:SOURCESEXIST. You have not identified any actual coverage. One of multiple throw away boilerplate !votes recently from this individual. duffbeerforme (talk) 23:49, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete A lot of the same issues as Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Film Carnival Singapore—sources coming from the festival itself or passing mentions in articles about films that appeared in the festival. This Azernews article (cited directly and via The Free Library) is the only apparently independent source discussing the festival at any length. Even that reads like PR copy though, as in it literally matches this promotional copy for the Paris Art and Movie Awards word for word at one point. I'm not seeing anything that would bring us close to WP:GNG. hinnk (talk) 00:26, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tagore International Film Festival

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Non notable film festival. Lacks coverage in independent reliable sources. Notability is not inherited from people they give awards to. PR Articles congratulating a single film/actor winning are not independent coverage about the festival. "an IMDb award-qualifying film festival". Puffery that screams promotion. see also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cult Critic Movie Awards, noting this source from the org that runs that similar "festival". (Funny how a 2018 festival win is supposedly sourced to a 1999 book review.) duffbeerforme (talk) 08:11, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep I can see numerous significant coverage with underlying proof of verifiability and reliability in multiple secondary sources. Meets WP:GNG. CresiaBilli (talk) 13:33, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
WP:VAGUEWAVE, WP:SOURCESEXIST. You have not identified any actual coverage. One of multiple throw away boilerplate !votes recently from this individual. duffbeerforme (talk) 23:46, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rocking the Boat (documentary)

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Fails WP:NFILM. Also, independent, third-party reliable sources weak in nature. The creator moved from draftspace to mainspace to avoid WP:SCRUTINY per [2] Agent 007 (talk) 19:13, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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RåFILM film collective

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Fails WP:ORG. The article seems to be created here as only for promotion with only one self-published source being repeated after RåFILM was deleted as WP:G11. Agent 007 (talk) 17:57, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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ya it looks like but it also contain some information this author might change the tone and make it informative Manthanvashistha009 (talk) 18:51, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Manthanvashistha009 How did you know before-hand ? Agent 007 (talk) 19:05, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Per nom. Main subject seems to be Detained (2015) which does not have significant media coverage. Everything else seems extraneous. I fixed the structure of the page, but I don't think it has a place on Wikipedia. InvisibleUser909 (talk) 01:49, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The organization creates impactful films on social, environmental, and humanitarian issues. Their documentaries are widely cited and used by NGOs and academic institutions. Focusing on marginalized communities and public awareness, these films serve as powerful educational tools and continue to inspire positive change through storytelling. Manthanvashistha009 (talk) 19:11, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Manthanvashistha009 Why are you using ChatGPT like tools to reply. Are you being paid by RåFILM or related to Eduwriter189? Agent 007 (talk) 19:19, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

no i am not related to any of these Manthanvashistha009 (talk) 19:20, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

can u guys let me know which part make it promotional and how should i maintain the neutrality Eduwriter189 (talk) 19:15, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

People have already adviced you many times on your talk-page. Agent 007 (talk) 19:21, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Article is using only primary sourcing, not acceptable. I can only find one passing mention [3].. We has next to nothing for sources, so just nothing to show notability. Oaktree b (talk) 20:06, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - at this time way too little mentions in media. Primary sourcing is not enough.BabbaQ (talk) 08:14, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - blatant COI. Deb (talk) 08:15, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep but Stubify - I have found several sources in Swedish media that cover Råfilm and things they have done. Even excluding coverage entirely about their films (I'm not sure if they count, it is about their productions) there are two in Sydsvenskan: [4] [5] and one in Proletären: [6].
I agree that the current article needs severe cleanup, and we should start from a clean slate by stubifying it. AlexandraAVX (talk) 09:18, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Coverage of their films: [7] [8] [9] AlexandraAVX (talk) 09:20, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Prenses Banu

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The subject may still fall short of meeting Wikipedia’s notability guidelines, particularly the criteria outlined in WP:GNG. 𝒮-𝒜𝓊𝓇𝒶 09:03, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The Pink Shirt

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Setting aside the LTA SOCK creation, this is a web series that played at a film festival and then died. Sources are all promotional announcements, WP:NEWSORGINDIA, or otherwise unreliable. And yes, NEWSORGINDIA applies as it is based on the same principle. CNMall41 (talk) 17:06, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - confirming nominators description of the citations, mostly promotional and lacks significant coverage of the series. Draftify can be an ATD if any new independent coverage can be found.Lorraine Crane (talk) 15:59, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Edwards (Australian composer)

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This Article relies so much on unreliable sources and no improvement have been made, I was thinking I could find a source with independent coverage but I couldn’t find, The subject has contributed in many field of entertainment yet fails to have WP:SIGCOV, fails WP:MUSICBIO, fails WP:GNG per no particularly article that speaks about him independently on multiple secondary sources, most of the citations are either usercreated space under a music website where he has listed his musical works. Chippla ✍️ - Best Regards 12:08, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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United Nations movie society

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Fails WP:GNG TheLongTone (talk) 12:08, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Neither the cited references nor anything else that searches have turned up provide any evidence at all of satisfying the notability guidelines. (Also the article is substantially promotional.) JBW (talk) 12:42, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete. I couldn't find anything either. It looks like this is one of dozens upon dozens of clubs run by the UN Staff Recreation Council. I don't see where this is independently notable, nor where it merits a mention anywhere on Wikipedia. There's no usable coverage for this outside of primary sources and if we were to mention the Movie Society, then why not also the Russian Book Club or Enlightenment Society? And if we were, then where would that even be mentioned? There's also the question of where they would even be mentioned since the UN Recreation Council isn't mentioned on the main UN Headquarters page other than a passing reference in regards to a radio station. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 18:06, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Vanity page by a (now-blocked) COI contributor where if nothing else would be TNT-able. But an actual BEFORE shows nothing on the order of WP:SIRS. —Bobby Cohn 🍁 (talk) 17:07, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Blatant advertising by former intern, can find nothing to suggest that this is a notable organisation. Theroadislong (talk) 19:32, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kanchana 4

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:NFF. Filming has begun but there is no release date (except projected sometime in 2026). Filming has begun but there is nothing notable about the production and since unreleased or upcoming films are seldom considered notable we could also move to draft as an WP:ATD until such time this one is. Originally tagged for notability but that was removed and discussion was stalled so here we are. CNMall41 (talk) 16:22, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep: It does meet WP:NFF as filming significantly progressed, and the series itself is notable, comparable to the Conjuring and Scream series. The nominator earlier made a rather poor comparision to Scary Movie 6 which is still in pre-prod. Kailash29792 (talk) 01:04, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for re-engaging, albeit at AfD. Notability is not inferred based on "filming significantly progressed" or the fact it is part of a notable series. NFF clearly states, "Additionally, films that have already begun shooting, but have not yet been publicly released (theatres or video), should generally not have their own articles unless the production itself is notable per the notability guidelines." Can you point out what is notable about the production? --CNMall41 (talk) 02:22, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cinepix

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Completely unsourced article, seems to fail WP:GNG. I am bad at usernames (talk | contribs) 14:49, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: no relevant results on Google, even when searching in its original language (I can only find company register websites). Alpha Beta Delta Lambda (talk) 17:46, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: not seeing anything. Timur9008 (talk) 08:45, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Can't find significant references. I have added 2 sources, but they are not significant.Hkkingg (talk) 07:23, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Everything Is A OK: A Dallas, TX Punk Documentary

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Fails WP:NFILM DonaldD23 talk to me 10:34, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. I couldn't find anything out there other than what's already in the article. I did add some content and an interview in hopes of finding more, but again, nothing. If we had a good redirect target I suppose it could redirect there, but List of documentary films specifies that they must be notable films and I've never had any sort of answer on whether or not we could add and redirect films to the given film's year specific page for List of American films. So with no other alternatives that I can see, as the director doesn't appear to pass NCREATIVE and we have no page on the punk rock scene in Dallas, this will have to be a delete on my end. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 21:58, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Randy Cooper (Model maker)

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Fails WP:GNG no significant coverage, beyond listings and credits. Declined 5 times at WP:AFC but moved to mainspace repeatedly by User:Orlando Davis who states “ I don't agree with notability tags. The subject may take it personally. Deletion makes more sense, or leave it alone.” so here we are. Theroadislong (talk) 15:10, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep: Fine-Scale Modeler, The Evening Independent, and Bay News 9 are all highly reliable and independent. The film credits and interview articles should be noted. Significant changes have been made after each time it was turned down. Orlando Davis (talk) 16:14, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
With niche sourcing like Fine-Scale Modeler, one good way to establish it as a RS is to show where the source is seen as a RS by other RS, particularly academic/scholarly sources. Offhand I see it used listed in a further reading section in this CRC Press book and a note in this Taylor & Francis. I wasn't able to find much more. The magazine was owned by Kalmbach Media but was sold to Firecrown Media last year. It looks like this is probably usable, but I'd recommend running it through WP:RS/N to be certain.

As far as interviews go, those are seen as primary sources regardless of where they're posted unless they're written in prose. The standard interview format is pretty much just question and answer, without any sort of accompanying article. As such, they almost always have little to no editorial oversight or fact-checking beyond formatting and spell-check. This is a very widely held stance on Wikipedia and is unlikely to ever change.

Now, when it comes to film credits the issue here is that notability is WP:NOTINHERITED by the person working on a notable production or with notable people. The reason for this is that there can be hundreds to even thousands of people working on a film. According to this, over 3,000 people worked on Iron Man 3, so just working on a notable film isn't enough to establish notability - you need coverage in independent and reliable sources that specific highlight the person in question. So if there was a RS review that stated "Randy Cooper's work on IM2 was fantastic", that would count. However with his work being so specific, it's unlikely that he would be highlighted over say, the person or company who was overall in charge of VFX.

Finally, I guess I'd be remiss if I didn't say that local coverage tends to be kind of seen as routine on Wikipedia as local outlets are more likely to cover a local person. So in this case what you will need to do is help establish how this coverage should be seen as more than just local, routine coverage. Viewership/circulation numbers are a great way of doing this. So for example, a local paper with a fairly low readership would be seen as kind of routine whereas say, an article in a major, well circulated paper would be seen as a much stronger source. Now to be fair, there's nothing official saying that local coverage can't be used, but it is typically seen as a weaker source and shouldn't be doing the heavy lifting in an AfD discussion. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 17:55, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your response.

Bay News has a very high viewership (1.76 Million), (source 11). Charter Communications

The Evening Independent was a major newspaper in the Tampa Bay area and was merged as the Tampa Bay Times in 1986, which has a circulation of over 100k not including the more widely read digital edition. 1)Times Publishing Company 2) Tampa Bay Times Orlando Davis (talk) 19:54, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Fine Scale Modeler magazine is ok for sourcing, the rest either aren't online, trivial mentions or primary sources. I can't pull anything up. Just not enough sourcing for wikipedia. Oaktree b (talk) 19:41, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
We have two solid sources so far: Fine Scale Modeler and the Evening Independent. Also, we should be able to use the five interviews due to the Ignore-all-rules rule since it is an article that is obviously notable, and the rules are getting in the way. Interviews by the hobby magazines Sci-Fi-Modeler., Psycho Moya Styrene, the YouTube channels Richard Cleveland (Amazing Plastic), Adam Savage’s Tested (A YouTube channel with almost 7 million subscribers and the public television Bay news, with a viewership of 1.76 million make Randy notable, and the Ignore All Rules rule was put in place for situations like this when the rules get in the way of an obviously notable article. He built many models that were used for major films such as Starship Troopers, Iron Man 2, Stargate, Spider-Man 2, and many others. Just looking at his older models, it's obvious that the style of spaceships he created was used for Starship Troopers, a major movie!

And what's the difference between an interview and an article in this case? For this article, the part that matters for notability is that he is significant enough to be written about and interviewed by various significant sources. Orlando Davis (talk) 11:26, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, per Orlando Davis and the extent of the sources. Meets GNG and highlights the career of one of the notable science fiction model designers. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:11, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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World Film Carnival Singapore

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Non notable film festival. Lacks coverage in independent reliable sources. Notability is not inherited from people they give awards to. duffbeerforme (talk) 08:13, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep There is significant coverage in the form of multiple reliable sources such as The Times of India, The Indian Express, Hindustan Times and many others to demonstrate notability. I think it passes WP:GNG. Sofilily (talk) 17:48, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Times of India (see below for cautionary note plus WP:NEWSORGINDIA) has two articles. Ref 1. Only has a passing mention while discussing another festival. Ref 5. Straight up press release. The New Indian Express, Ref 2. Article about a film boasting that it won some awards, not about the festival. Hindustan Times, Ref 6. Article about a filmmaker with a passing mention of this festival (and their partner festival below). Nothing remotely good for GNG. Articles that talk about a single film or filmmaker who "won" something or are screening are generally PR for that film or filmmaker. As you are the creator of this: "an IMDb monthly live screening"? WTF does that actually mean? Was including boasting of IMDb part of the job description? Like with Cult Critic Movie Awards (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cult Critic Movie Awards), Tagore International Film Festival (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tagore International Film Festival), Calcutta International Cult Films Festival and Virgin Spring Cinefest. All partnered with Cult Critic. duffbeerforme (talk) 03:06, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This came up in a previous AfD about one of the films awarded by WFC, where editors (including myself) suspected it was one of many festivals that operate as a thinly veiled PR service. Most of the sources Sofilily mentions are actually articles about films that appeared in the festival, with only brief mentions of World Film Carnival Singapore. This Times of India article is the exception, but it reads as the type of potentially paid advertorial that WP:TIMESOFINDIA warns about. The ones that come closest to meeting WP:GNG are Lokmat, The Star, The Print, or Sambad, but these are all similarly promotional articles about actors/films and don't say much about WFC itself. hinnk (talk) 01:11, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep Reportedly the topic having significant coverage and warrant notability of the subject. Meets GNG criteria. CresiaBilli (talk) 07:10, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
WP:VAGUEWAVE, WP:SOURCESEXIST. You have not identified any actual coverage. One of multiple throw away boilerplate !votes recently from this individual. duffbeerforme (talk) 10:14, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kindly refrain from duplicating your identical content beneath all my votes and comments.CresiaBilli (talk) 12:11, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Duffbeer's analysis of sources is most convincing. Lacking reliable non PR sources to meet GNG. LibStar (talk) 06:10, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Berlin Independent Film Festival

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Primary sourced promotion for non notable film festival. Lacks coverage in independent reliable sources. Notability is not inherited from people they give awards to. Mentions in articles about films that showed there is trivial coverage. duffbeerforme (talk) 08:18, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Weak delete - Per WP:COVERAGE section at WP:EVENTS, there is enough sources to satisfy the criteria "diversity of sources" but the "depth of coverage" is lacking. The best articles I found are by Exberliner: [10], Hero (British magazine): [11], and Screen Daily: [12]. The "duration of coverage" is also lacking, very difficult to find coverage of the festival in some years. You would think that winners and film line-ups would be regularly reported but seems to be not the case. --Mika1h (talk) 17:40, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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WEAK KEEP: Some sourcing in the German-language wiki, more than a passing few mentions in Gbooks. Oaktree b (talk) 15:02, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oaktree b. That German article is the same as what was created here at the same time by the same person with the same references (with the same goal of promoting one director). Compare this [13] old version with the German one [14]. There is nothing there that is not also here now or was removed as "No apparent independent journalistic praise". duffbeerforme (talk) 04:58, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Gbooks mentions including "For example. the winners list for the 2012 Berlin Independent Film Festival and the 2011 European Independent Film Festival were identical, despite the fact that these events are supposedly completely separate of each other. In reality, they are two more scam events run by the Same people who brought you the Cannes Independent Film Festival mentioned earlier." from this book. Lacks depth of coverage. duffbeerforme (talk) 05:10, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

SmartFone Flick Fest

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Non notable film festival. Lacks coverage in independent reliable sources. Ref 3 FilmInk is a press release. Ref 7 Sydney Times is a portion of same. Ref 5 Filmink is PR from MINA, a partner. Mentions in articles about films that showed there is trivial coverage. Notability is not inherited from their ambassadors. duffbeerforme (talk) 08:19, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Oppose It is indeed notable, going from strength to strength, and has some big names associated with it. Films made on mobile phones are becoming more common. It is possible and even likely that at least some of the emerging filmmakers who feature in this festival will go on to become major filmmakers in the future. As you can see, I have added more detail and many more citations since the deletion was proposed. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 07:37, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well... keep in mind that coverage is going to be what establishes notability here. The festival may have big names associated with it, but that notability won't be inherited. I've found what often establishes notability are things like say, Variety writing about the competition.

At first glance what stands out is that a lot of the sourcing is either a press release or heavily based on one. For example, this FilmInk source looks to be either a full reprint of a press release or so closely reworded that it might as well be one. This one by The South Sydney Herald is a local paper covering local people. The issue with local sources is that it's so routine for local papers to cover "local person does good" that it can be seen as kind of weak (at best) or even routine. Then there's this from IF Magazine, which is a routine database event listing.

Right now the page is so crammed full of press releases, routine announcements, and local coverage that it's difficult to pick out exactly what can be used to establish notability. I'm going to do a rundown of the sources on the AfD talk page, as there are so many. I'm not saying that this can't be notable, just that right now it's so stuffed full of unusable and weak sources that it comes across like it's not. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 19:32, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
OK. Left a very long note on the talk page. Most of the sources aren't usable and are used to back up very faint claims of notability. There are some potentially usable sources, but there are none that are really solid, slam dunk sources. My recommendation here is to reduce the page to just the basics, using the sources that seem decent, and then judge notability based on that. There's so much unintentional WP:PUFFERY in the article that it really does make this seem non-notable at first glance. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 21:12, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Forever's End

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Non notable ~~artist~~ film. Primary sourced promotion lacking coverage in independent reliable sources. Closest it gets is an interview with the director in a PRNEWSWIRE feed. No sign of any independent reviews, eg. Prod removed giving no helpful reason. (previous afd was for different subject) duffbeerforme (talk) 08:25, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: I see nothing about this film, the name hits in Gbooks [15], but nothing about a film. AFFM Magazine is the closest to a RS we have, the rest aren't helpful (primary or non-RS). We don't have enough about this film. Oaktree b (talk) 13:16, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep. The sourcing isn't the greatest. I found a review from Film Threat. AMFM seems like they're probably OK - they're used as a source in this Taylor & Francis book as well as books from Palgrave Macmillan UK and Bloomsbury. It's been kind of difficult searching for verification on them due to their name throwing up a bunch of false positives, though. They've interviewed some pretty major people, one of which was highlighted by Blabbermouth, which I think is a RS on here, which is a good sign. The Fancine award isn't major enough to give total notability, but I think it would likely contribute towards it. With the two reviews, Fancine award, and some light coverage, I think this squeaks by NFILM. Not the strongest keep, but an OK one. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 16:14, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Shoot, I think the film was submitted through FT's review program and if so, that would make that unusable. Can anyone verify that? I am still leaning towards a weak keep based on the review and award, but it's tentative. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 16:16, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The Film Threat explicitly states "This film was submitted for review through our Submission for Review system." So, yes, unusable. duffbeerforme (talk) 01:47, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Film Threat and AMFM reviews are reliable sources and that makes this pass WP:NFILM DonaldD23 talk to me 01:25, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Looking at the state of the source at the time of the above article, The problem is AMFM partners with PRNewswire with no indication of how and I see no sign of their editorial staff. What's PR and what's not? And where is their staff of writers, did they have anyone other than Bears Fonte? And this individual article, whilst filed in Movie Reviews, is actually an interview with the director so largely primary. duffbeerforme (talk) 01:55, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's changed since then but it still looks like they have only one writer. duffbeerforme (talk) 02:07, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good point. I didn't see that - I'm striking my argument. I'm going to see if there's a place to redirect this. It doesn't seem like it was classified as a horror film so List of horror films of 2013 isn't really a good fit. Dread Central is the only RS I've seen use the term horror, but I am hesitant to call this horror without the director/crew describing it as such. It looks like it was one of those films that never wanted to align itself with horror exactly and preferred to say it was more a drama or thriller. Maybe List_of_thriller_films_of_the_2010s#2013? There's the more general page of List of American films of 2013, but I've never had any sort of confirmation as to whether or not we can include non-notable films there. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 14:56, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment as article creator: This film (note: this is not an artist as per the nomination statement) is what we can consider "bubbling–under" notability. It has a singular notable cast member and has screened at the Austin Film Festival but not after five years. The director and other lead actress faded from existence, and no critical reviews at RT. I wrote the article after seeing the film, on Amazon IIRC, so considered it noteworthy enough if they streamed it.

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When I went back the next day I saw that a bot had notified you so I left it like that, but my apologies for not notifying you earlier. duffbeerforme (talk) 01:06, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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