Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/9th Canadian Screen Awards

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The result was redirect to Canadian Screen Awards. T. Canens (talk) 03:59, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

9th Canadian Screen Awards[edit]

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WP:TOOSOON article about a future award ceremony about which there's absolutely nothing substantive to say yet. Literally all we can say at this point is that it's expected -- and even then, there's a possibility that it'll end up just not happening at all, if this pandemic thing isn't solved in time for there to actually be any potential nominees. Unlike the Academy Awards, which already have 11 sources about the 2021 ceremony, this has no coverage at all yet -- even the one source present in the article is just a cut-paste of a source from 2019 about the 8th CSAs, not a source that's in any way relevant to the 9th CSAs. Creating a new article isn't difficult enough that we would already need a placeholder page to exist this far in advance of actually having anything at all to say about it -- so no prejudice against recreation in December or January (I'd likely be the creator of it at that point anyway!), but there's just no content or sourcing available yet to justify already having an article about it now. Bearcat (talk) 23:35, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 23:35, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 23:35, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment My thoughts...why WP:RUSHDELETE to delete? The scheduling will likely go on, and if it does not we can delete. 8 previous years the awards happened and there is not a reason to believe they will not happen in 2021. The awards went on in 2020 after the Covid cancelled them, and they will likely happen again. Lightburst (talk) 23:59, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The 8th Canadian Screen Awards had already released their nominations before anybody knew that any of this was going to happen at all, and an already scheduled in-person ceremony was cancelled literally at the last minute and replaced with a virtual one on the fly. But in the case of the 9th ceremony, given what the current situation has done to film and television production and distribution, it's not so much a question of whether the ceremony will be live or virtual as it is a question of the distinct possibility that there won't be enough qualifying Canadian film and television content released in 2020 to actually issue a complete slate of nominees at all (a very real risk in a country where the film and television industries are much smaller, and produce much less content even in normal times, than the American equivalents.) So it's not so much a question of "why rush to delete", as of "why rush to create the article this early, instead of waiting until we actually have anything verifiable to say or source about it"? Next year's ceremony simply doesn't have any media attention to support an article with yet, so why do we already need an article to exist this far in advance of any sourcing? Bearcat (talk) 00:20, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 06:45, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, I agree with Lightburst, we should keep this article and wait until The Canadian Academy updates. Plus, the Juno Awards of 2021 page was created before CARAS announced anything. User:Hockeyisthebest123 (talk) 21:32, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Juno Awards of 2021 already have actual reliable sources about them, establishing for example the exact date and venue of the ceremony — and no, the article didn't exist before CARAS announced anything: it only came to exist after there were sources to verify that CARAS had already announced the date and venue. It's not in the same boat as the 9th Canadian Screen Awards, about which we literally know absolutely nothing whatsoever yet. We know no date, we know no venue, and there are literally no sources saying anything at all about it to support an article with. Bearcat (talk) 15:13, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:36, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, as the creator of this article, I think if this will be deleted, it shall be redirected to the Canadian Screen Awards main page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rushtheeditor (talk • contribs) 20:48, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Canadian Screen Awards for now. Unreferenced, unverifiable, without much significant content, but almost certain to be resurrected and filled out when the time is right, whether the event is actually held or not. I think a redirect is the least-destructive option that fits this situation. --Lockley (talk) 20:54, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Move to draft and redirect the title to Canadian Screen Awards. The draft can be updated as new information comes in, even if that information is not yet sufficient to justify restoration to mainspace. BD2412 T 05:03, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 15:25, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - There is literally nothing sourced to say about this topic right now. -- Whpq (talk) 01:20, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Canadian Screen Awards for the time being. Moving the current content to draftspace per BD2412's suggestion is a good idea too.....PK T(alk) 12:41, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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