Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Baptism of Jesus Christ - A documentary film (2007)

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The result was delete. Secret ^account 23:50, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Baptism of Jesus Christ - A documentary film (2007)[edit]

Spam-like; also doesn't appear to have garnered significant coverage outside blogs and other self-published sources. Biruitorul ^Talk 18:37, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Seems to be more promotional than anything. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 19:07, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete As per nom and the investigation by Dennis. ChildofMidnight (talk) 19:14, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The article fails to establish notability and does appear promotional; all the external links are either to first-party sites or sites that don't even mention the movie. TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 20:26, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. —Fayenatic (talk) 20:41, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've done some copy-editing on this in the past, but you're probably right. All needed encyclopedic content on the underlying subject is already in Baptism of Jesus#Location. Delete. - Fayenatic (talk) 20:44, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
From WP:MOVIE: "A topic is presumed to be notable if it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." This documentary has not (the only relevant hits being from Wikipedia), and seems to be written like an advertisement. Delete. Master&Expert (Talk) 21:21, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 21:54, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Merge -- This sounds like a TV programme, probably propounding some one's theory as to the location. If there is anything in this article worth merging (and there may not be), it should be merged with Baptism of Jesus, which mentions the film briefly. Peterkingiron (talk) 23:03, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
~~Keep~~Neutral and give it a MAJOR sandblasting. Per WP:ATD, if an article can be improved to be properly encyclopedic, it should be so tagged.... not sent to AfD. I did a quick search and found enough that shows notability. It needs lots of work, but Voice Tribune, Appalachian Festival of the Arts, Baptism Site, andStelthelburgas, suggest that this might be possible. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 03:44, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Two of those are mere screenings, and two are interviews - the coverage doesn't seem that substantial. Biruitorul ^Talk 04:28, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - I was not digging deep. Just posted the first few that popped up. Perhaps widening a seacrh with varied parameters will find more. If the article can be gutted and made healthy, then it should be so tagged. This is not one I will be working on myself... was just pointing to an open door. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 05:48, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete This seems to be a "coatrack", about the qy of where the baptism would have taken place, not the film. DGG (talk) 05:21, 10 November 2008 (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.