Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sarhad (1960 film)

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The result was delete. Tone 08:32, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sarhad (1960 film) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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Non notable film, nothing found during search except database entries and videos. Tagged for notability for over 4 years. Donaldd23 (talk) 23:51, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. Donaldd23 (talk) 23:51, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Donaldd23 (talk) 23:51, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment. Just curious, what kind of information are we going to get for a 1960 film? Not all 1960 movies are Spartacus or Mughal-e-Aazam. We are only going to find references such as this from Times of India, BFI UK, IMDB, Geetmaala. That said this page does seem like it can do with some improvement. What is the incremental cost to keep? Ktin (talk) 00:02, 18 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just going to WP:NFILM guidelines. At least 2 independent reviews is required to establish notability. None of the sources you listed do that, they are all databases. Wikipedia is not another "database" and therefore doesn't need entries for every film ever made. If reviews can be found to establish notability for this film, then it will stay after this discussion. However, if nothing can be found then what is the benefit to this "database" entry on Wikipedia? Donaldd23 (talk) 01:03, 18 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Donaldd23, I hear you. However, I do not think you will find that for Indian films from the 1960s. There will always be outliers (break-away blockbusters) like Mughal-e-Aazam, but, difficult to make the case that you will find it for other films. Alternately, you might have to look in vernacular media. Unfortunately, I am not of much help there. Cheers. Ktin (talk) 01:11, 18 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @Ktin: This was the last in a series of 9 articles of similar quality created by one editor (blocked in 2016 for abusing multiple accounts) within the space of 40 minutes. It takes longer to research them for possible deletion than it took him to write them, and several hundred remain. I've saved a couple of his efforts by finding reviews. Narky Blert (talk) 17:44, 19 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Narky Blert, Cool. Thanks. Ktin (talk) 17:49, 19 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - sadly we have to stick to WP:NFILM and WP:GNG and this clearly fails both Spiderone 10:47, 18 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. The best I could find was a 3-line synopsis from BFI and a brief review in a 2012 blog, which says that "The background and the role did not suit Dev Anand at all and the film did not click with audience". Fails WP:NFILM and WP:GNG. Narky Blert (talk) 17:26, 19 August 2020 (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.