Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/One Day: A Musical

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was SPEEDY DELETE, per author request.

One Day: A Musical

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Non-notable film, probable self-promo/COI. Prod contested by article creator with rationale "The film is listed on imdb and Rotten Tomatoes, and therefore must have some form of notability." The closest thing to reliable sources listed are purely local. --Finngall ^talk 05:06, 9 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete spam for a Youtube video. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 06:19, 9 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep There are 11 sources, one of which is one of the guest celebrity's who has the movie listed under "Films" on her resume. WKYC, although a local station, has quite an extensive Wikipedia page of its own so how is it not a legitimate enough source if the director did an extensive interview/segment on their show? The director has also worked with people on his YouTube channel such as John Green and Jonathan Demme, both very notable people. The film itself contains several very notable people and the Internet Movie Database and Rotten Tomatoes obviously saw it met enough criteria to include it on their sites. There are many many other YouTube-related works and people who have quite thorough Wikipedia pages, so why not keep this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oberlinjoe (talk • contribs)
- See WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS. It's also obvious self-promotional spam: the article says the director is a "Joe Kowalski", the article was created by "Oberlinjoe" who attempted to create a vanity article three years ago (see AFD), and who uploaded an image with the source listed as "I own the rights to this image and allow it's use on Wikipedia. -Joe Kowalski". All around it's pretty blatant. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 17:03, 9 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Leaving aside the self-promotion angle, let's break down the provided references: Two links to IMDb, which is not considered reliable becuase it is user-editable. Four links to news sites of purely local coverage and interest. One line on the resume of a non-notable actress. Listings on Rotten Tomatoes and on TWC Central--I don't know offhand if these sites allow user editing or if they mirror IMDb info, and in any case the film's mere existence on these sites doesn't really mean much. A YouTube video. The creator's own web site and his Indiegogo page. No regional or national coverage otherwise. These sources just don't make a convincing case for notability, and the self-promotion only makes matters worse. --Finngall ^talk 17:54, 9 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hm...well that being said, please go ahead and delete the article. Life is very much about learning and it would be foolish for me to try and fight this after I have learned my lesson. I appreciate you both for helping reinforce the standards that Wikipedia sets and educating me in them, even if I had to learn the hard way! -Oberlinjoe — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oberlinjoe (talk • contribs) 20:19, 9 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:14, 9 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:14, 9 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.