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The Vanishing of S.S. Willie

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Non notable film. Although it has received coverage in the media, it's been because it was immediately released after Mickey Mouse turned PD, but not because of the quality of the work. Bedivere (talk) 18:04, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. Bedivere (talk) 18:04, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Disney, Internet, and United States of America. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 18:22, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Only made the page because of the high volume of media mentions it got including from credible online entertainment sources like Bloody Disgusting and Joblo.com, i would argue that most short films don't nearly get that level of exposure.

Do I think this is a quality film, no, but that is not the thing being discussed. Jonastav89 (talk) 18:33, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

but such coverage is only the result of Mickey entering PD, not because of the actual "film", which is just a YouTube video. Bedivere (talk) 18:59, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I feel if a piece of media get's this amount of media-attention, for whatever reason, it transcends "just being a YouTube-video" even disregarding quality.

A similar, but maybe more high profile case, to me would be Absolute Proof which was nothing more then a extended low quality internet video with no cinematic quality, and can not even be seen online anymore. However it got a spike in popularity when it won a couple of Razzies.

This is maybe not a direct comparison but I am just making the argument why I personally think high profile media attention outways "quality" or "viewership". Jonastav89 (talk) 11:10, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: This from Yahoo has links to stories in Deseret News and the Huff Post [1],I think with the Bloody Disgusting and rest, although short, we're ok for notability. Oaktree b (talk) 20:57, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of creative Mickey Mouse works after entering the public domain. As seen here: [2], the video only has 26,000 views at the time of writing, which is relatively small by YouTube standards. If we are arguing in favour of keeping because of significant media coverage, then that would mean any old YouTube video that's been covered by the media would warrant an article. I just don't think this video is popular enough to need its own article. I don't see the harm in redirecting to the list in which it is included, however. Nintentoad125 (talk)
Keep. Notability is not indicated by numbers of views or perceived quality. This absolutely passes GNG. Di (they-them) (talk) 15:58, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]