Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 23:47, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival[edit]

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Heavily advertorialized article about a film festival, not properly sourced as passing WP:NEVENT. As always, film festivals are not "inherently" notable enough for Wikipedia articles just because they exist, and have to be shown to pass WP:GNG on third-party reliable source coverage about the festival in media — but this is heavily reference-bombed almost entirely to primary and/or unreliable sourcing that isn't support for notability (the festival's own self-published content about itself on its main website, press release distribution platforms, Facebook posts, blogs, YouTube videos, etc.), with very little evidence of genuinely notability-building media coverage about it shown at all.
Simply existing isn't automatically notable enough to exempt it from having to have much better referencing than this. Bearcat (talk) 19:28, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Film, Events, and United States of America. Bearcat (talk) 19:28, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 19:35, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: It's been an event for over 20 years, i was hoping to find something in RS. This is the best I could find [1]; not strictly about the festival, but confirmation of it at least. Oaktree b (talk) 19:53, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Please see sources I added to External Links on the article. I had them listed here, but there is some Wikipedia dictate that won't allow sourcing listed at AFD. So check the External Links on the article. . — Maile (talk) 03:54, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- These appear to be ... lists and press releases? — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 13:55, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - based on what I wrote here and per nom. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 20:31, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: There is no coverage in notable sources about the event, even what's been added to the external links section is PR or passing mentions. Oaktree b (talk) 13:10, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: The event seems notable but The entire article is sourced as self published references. Does not meet WP:SIGCOV for now. Macbeejack ☎ 08:48, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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