Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/CandyFlip (film)

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The result was keep (non-admin closure). Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:07, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

CandyFlip (film)[edit]

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Fails Wikipedia:Notability (films) guidelines. Unable to find any substantial coverage in reliable sources, except the sole link cited as reference. utcursch | talk 15:40, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. /wiae /tlk 15:57, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:07, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

In looking further:

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and through WP:INDAFD: "CandyFlip" "Shanawaz Nelikunnil" "Shanawaz NK" "Balasubramanyam TC" "Prashant Prakash" "Prakash Raj" "Kalki Koechlin" "Gulshan Devaiah" "Valeriya Polyanychko"

Keep. In not being dismissive, the TImes of India article is quite in-depth and informative about this completed film, and in looking further, we have other sources available with which this stub can be expanded and sourced. WP:NFis met. No need to delete what can be improved through regulasr editing. Schmidt, ^{Michael Q.} 20:37, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@MichaelQSchmidt: Which "other sources" are you referring to? I performed an extensive search with both "CandyFlip" and "Candy Flip" before initiating this AfD. Ignoring random blogs (which are not WP:RS), I found exactly 4 news stories which mention this movie:

The Times of India article linked above.
[1] The article is about another topic, and contains a passing mention that the film is being shot.
[2] An interview; contains exactly one line about the film: "There’s an indie called Candy Flip set in a shack in Goa that I’m also doing."
[3] Another interview that contains only one line about the film: "Candyflip is also in the pipeline."

I don't think an unreleased indie film passes WP:GNG when there is exactly one news article (from 2014) that covers it substantially. utcursch | talk 21:58, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You offer no proof that it was not released, but then I admittedly do not have access to Hindi offline hardcopy news sources. And even if not-yet-released, we may then instead look to WP:NFF (paragraoh 3) and decide if the lengthy Times of India article speaks directly and in detail about the film. I feel it does. You feel it does not. Fine to disagree. And a note, blogs are not all automatically unusable. Schmidt, ^{Michael Q.} 23:08, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The article itself says that the film is "currently in the post production phase". The only references available say it's not released. I understand that some blog posts can be acceptable sources, but I couldn't find any in this case. As for WP:NFF, here is a direct quote: "...should generally not have their own articles unless the production itself is notable per the notability guidelines." I don't know of any notability guidelines that consider one news article as sufficient criteria. utcursch | talk 06:02, 12 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Again, fine to disagree, but I find that the lengthy article in India's most major newspaper Times of India does speak specifically and in detail about the film's production... enough so to meet the WP:NFF (paragraph 3) guide about the film's production. Perhaps Indian editors with ability to search fr and offer online or hardcopy non-English sources will weigh in. WIth relistings, we'll have the time to wait. Schmidt, ^{Michael Q.} 17:49, 12 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Vipinhari || talk 16:27, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep perhaps even if not confidently as the one article may be enough at best to source. SwisterTwister talk 03:52, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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