Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Movie (series)

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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 delete.--cj | talk 15:53, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Movie (series)

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I don't see any connection between these movies, other than one word in the title. Grouping them as a "series" seems as arbitrary as grouping Wall Street, Green Street and Nightmare on Elm Street. Illuminattile 01:42, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep This article is poorly written, and doesn't explain the context well, but all these movies are spin-offs of the first Scary Movie film. Chairman S. Talk Contribs 03:43, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Edeans 05:25, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. ← ANAS Talk? 09:08, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. MER-C 10:49, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep for now.... it should be obvious enough if you look that these are all movies done in the same style. But however I'd like to see it quickly get a link to somewhere else that points out this common theme. Possibly also this should be moved or a redirect to a better article title than the current one. Mathmo Talk 12:17, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete good gravy that is completely useless information. SmartGuy 14:36, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Although I get the point, there is no source in the article to support the notion that there has ever been a formal series of films of this nature (beyond the immediate sequels to Scary Movie. And I've been unable to find any reference to a "Movies Series" -- unlike the James Bond Series or the Tarzan Series or (a better comparison) the Carry On... series. The films may have similar titles and share some of the same personnel, but unless the article can suppor that the film industry and the producers actually consider these movies a formalized series, then this is at best a neologism. 23skidoo 15:01, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. It's not quite as arbitrary as the nom suggests (the later films' titles were obviously influenced by the Scary Movie series), but the connection is tenuous at best. Rhindle The Red 18:32, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Article is entirely unreferenced. Even if you assume the article is correct about the listed movies being related, there is no attempt to discuss exactly how they are related or to provide verification within the article. For me to reconsider, the article will need a rewrite to discuss exactly how the movies are related (same producer? writers? studio franchise?) and to provide adequate references for verification. It also would help to analyze (with references) what features all the movies share, besides the word "movie" in the title. Dugwiki 21:33, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per Dugwiki. Fundamentaldan 21:38, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak delete. All movies are related for being spoofs and sharing similar crew members, but it is still a useless article. Lemmy12 21:50, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete absent any proof of connection between these films, or added content in the article, this is just an arbitrary list.-- danntm T C 23:17, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Pointless, useless. Realkyhick 09:48, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
  • weak keep. If these movies are actually related, then this article should, against all aesthetic sensitivities, be fleshed out. That not the case, then nail this sucka. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.249.204.118 (talk) 00:57, 4 February 2007 (UTC).
  • Delete per nom SUBWAYguy 06:31, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak keep As much as I wanted to kill this article, I did some digging and found that the original Scary Movie, Date Movie and Epic Movie were all written by the same two gentlemen: Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. If the article is kept, it should be chopped down to only include those three films, as they are the only ones that are actually tangibly related. EvilCouch 06:49, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete The connected ones can be mentioned in an appropriate article (e.g., those of their shared creator(s)) but unless this has actually been established in another source as the Movie series (or the __________ series) then there shouldn't be an article on the series as it's bordering on original research. GassyGuy 14:17, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep per EvilCouch - JNighthawk 23:20, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
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.