Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of films featured in ''A Story of Film: An Odyssey''

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 merge to The Story of Film: An Odyssey. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 08:51, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List of films featured in ''A Story of Film: An Odyssey''[edit]

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Main article is a redlink, PROD denied —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:17, 28 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I can't see much use in a list of films featured in a single documentary series if the documentary itself doesn't merit an article. postdlf (talk) 22:45, 28 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:21, 28 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:22, 28 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. It's indeed odd that this megalist has been created without a companion article about the documentary itself, but in fact Mark Cousins' The Story of Film is an important and massive series that unquestionably deserves its own article: The Telegraph headlined it as "cinematic event of the year"[1], an Irish Times writer called it a "landmark" (albeit a "bizarrely underpromoted" one)[2], etc.[3][4] Whether a complete list of all the film clips in that documentary is an appropriate part of Wikipedia's coverage, I'm not so sure.--Arxiloxos (talk) 23:54, 28 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep As the creator, I should have created the article on the Story of Film at the same time. As the series will Yes this list merits to be preserved until someone writes the article on the Story of cinema, an odyssey. Excuse me if it does not belong in Wikipedia however. This Story of cinema is such a great great teaching about cinema and the list is very useful to those who wish to learn more by watching again or for the first time the movies mentioned in the Story of Film please please do not delete I hve no time to write more now. Maria Elvira Pousa become recognized over time, this list shall merit its keep. Gareth E Kegg (talk) 00:11, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - See WP:ATA#CRYSTAL. Yes, it's an essay, but the argument is laid out quite well. As for keeping or deleting this list, I'm still undecided. Chris the Paleontologist (talk • contribs) 18:59, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 17:49, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete since the parent doesn't have an article. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 18:42, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Even if the article about the parent series existed, that would not necessarily justify having a separate article with the list of films featured therein. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 20:35, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete. Despite the fact that the parent article hsa been created, I still don't see a need for this to exist as a separate article. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:26, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Updated comment. Since no one else took up the challenge, I've started an article for The Story of Film: An Odyssey. Described by multiple reviewers as a landmark, it clearly deserves an article. I'm still not convinced that the long list at issue here, itemizing every film discussed in the 15 hours of the series, is an appropriate part of Wikipedia's coverage. On the other hand, maybe the shorter list of episode titles should be included. So maybe we should merge some limited parts of List of films featured in ''A Story of Film: An Odyssey'' into the new article The Story of Film: An Odyssey?--Arxiloxos (talk) 02:27, 7 February 2012‎ (UTC)[reply]
merge the entire list into the new article. As it's a finite list, it could be handled better there, in two columns. If the program is a landmark, the list of films it covers is a good checklist of importance for the films--it's like the list of films preserved by the LoC. I note some of the films included do not yet have Wikipedia articles. This list gives sufficient warrant for making those articles. DGG ( talk ) 05:58, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Relisting comment: Relisted in light of creation of the parent article.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Der yck C. 16:41, 14 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to The Story of Film: An Odyssey per DGG. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:13, 21 February 2012 (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.