Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie

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 redirect to List of Samurai Jack episodes#Season 1 (2001). And editors may merge from history what they deem appropriate. Sandstein 12:01, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie[edit]

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Plot-summary-only article. Not separately notable from Samurai Jack and probably only used to link to the Amazon online store. BrightRoundCircle (talk) 22:11, 22 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:41, 22 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:41, 22 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:41, 22 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Merge any useful info to the Samurai Jack and delete the rest. Beginning a new series by showing several episodes together has been around awhile. MarnetteD|Talk 23:11, 22 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and redirect to List of Samurai Jack episodes#Season 1 (2001) The vast majority of viewers of this series saw this as three episodes, not in 'bad 80s afternoon cartoon series' style as a pilot movie. Overly long plot summary summed up much better in the one line already in the list of seasons article, and DVD edit can be easily noted within. Nate • (chatter) 01:01, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Just a bit of a note - apparently from what I can find, this aired as a film first and was later sliced into individual episodes after it initially aired. It was likely made with the idea that they could put it into individual episodes, but it was still released as a film first. I'm also finding quite a few reviews for the DVD release as well. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:31, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm undecided about whether or not this really merits an article. Technically it passes NFILM since the DVD release has reviews, but there's really not much here that isn't already in the main episode article or at the very least, can't be merged. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:46, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect without deletion: no reason for keeping this content permanently hidden from non-administrators has been advanced. Mdrnpndr (talk) 22:48, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- To expand on my opinion: "merge and delete" is generally disallowed per Wikipedia:Merge and delete; "redirect and delete" is generally frowned upon unless there is a very good reason for it; and, most importantly, this should not have been brought to "Articles for deletion" in the first place. Mdrnpndr (talk) 19:04, 25 January 2017 (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.