Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of films considered the best (4th nomination)

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The result was keep‎ per WP:SNOW. (non-admin closure) JML1148 (talk | contribs) 07:03, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

List of films considered the best[edit]

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WP is not for lists of bests and this article is pretty much all WP:SYNTH. LegalSmeagolian (talk) 00:31, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. LegalSmeagolian (talk) 00:31, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This is a list of films that have topped "best film" polls. That's not WP:SYNTH, that's WP:LISTCRITERIA. The title does not reflect this particularly well; a proposed rename to a more accurate title a few years ago failed to reach consensus. TompaDompa (talk) 01:10, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I don't even understand the nomination: "Wikipedia is not for lists of best and this article is pretty much all synth." Wikipedia is for anything that meets the criteria of WP:LISTN, which this list clearly does. Polls and surveys of the best films have enjoyed prolific coverage in a plethora of reliable sources. It is a legitimate topic to cover here on Wikipedia. There is no synth in this article; synth is defined as taking claim A from one source, claim B from another, and combining them to deduce claim C, that is not present in either source. There are no claims of that nature in this list: each and every film on the list is directly sourced, and can be corroborated by that source. We are covering old ground here and LegalSmeagolian hasn't brought forward any new arguments. Betty Logan (talk) 01:33, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
In other news: Snow will fall. Details at 11! (Subtitle: Keep.) --Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 02:01, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This article is basing its data off of reviews, which means there are no WP:SYNTH issues here. Frankly it's useless for this article to be continued to be nominated here when there has been a clear consensus many times to keep this article. JML1148 (Talk | Contribs) 03:44, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above. This should be a no-brainier, the list clearly meets all relevant criteria. InfiniteNexus (talk) 04:25, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 08:42, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - "WP is not for lists of bests", says who?LM2000 (talk) 22:05, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Betty Logan, who sums up everything that needs to be said. This is not SYNTH, nor does it go against the purpose of Wikipedia. LEPRICAVARK (talk) 12:04, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Wikipedia has plenty of lists of bests — and while you're at it, you may consider our lists of worsts as well! — so even if the nomination were reasonable (it is not, as outlined above), far more than this article would have to be taken into consideration. This is not quite the place to start the wide sweeping movement to change whether Wikipedia tracks lists of bests or worsts; you would need an RfC at, say, the WP:Village pump. Zeke, the Mad Horrorist ^{(Speak quickly)} _{(Follow my trail)} 05:15, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep Per SNOW.★Trekker (talk) 01:45, 28 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Snow keep I’d do it myself if I wasn’t banned from closing deletion discussions. Dronebogus (talk) 11:07, 28 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'll do it myself now. JML1148 (talk | contribs) 07:02, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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