Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Flea Circus

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The result was ~~soft~~ redirect to List of films directed by Tex Avery#1942–1957: MGM era. Star Mississippi 02:10, 27 April 2022 (UTC) ETA: per this inquiry not sure why I clicked soft. Didn't mean to as I'm not sure what a "soft" redirect is since it doesn't go to refund. Redirect remains as closed. Star Mississippi 12:59, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Flea Circus[edit]

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DEPRODded by page creator. The original PROD reason was: Fails to meet either WP:GNG or WP:NFO. None of the content is worth merging to other articles as it has only plot. 0xDeadbeef (talk) 06:33, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Film and Comics and animation. 0xDeadbeef (talk) 06:33, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of films directed by Tex Avery#1942–1957: MGM era - While searches bring up plenty of hits regarding this film, none of them are actually in-depth at all. Many are just simply listings of Avery's filmography, with a one or two sentence summary of the plot at most. The only actual sources I can find that talk more in-depth about it seem to all be from non-reliable sources, such as blogs or this self-published book. The most promising source I was able to find was an entry in this book, however a Spanish speaker would be needed to verify that the entry has more than just a plot summary. And even if so, it would still only be a single reliable source. That said, a valid target exists, so a Redirect would be more appropriate than a straight deletion. Rorshacma (talk) 15:40, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Someone more fluent than I could probably glean more, but my very rudimentary skills got the basic gist. The first paragraph is a summary of the cartoon, the second part is a bit of discussion. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 14:33, 23 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion is basically the writer saying that the cartoon features a flea circus, which IRL is represented to the public as well trained fleas but in reality is just a series of mechanical doo dads that make it appear that this is true. The final paragraph says that the song is based on or came from an MGM musical. (My college Spanish teachers would be so proud that I was able to muddle through...) ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 14:38, 23 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
OK ok, I used Google Translate for some of the bigger words not covered in class or obvious in context. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 14:39, 23 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect per above; redirects are cheap. Stifle (talk) 08:20, 26 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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