Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of cinema halls in Thiruvananthapuram

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The result was merge to Thiruvananthapuram#Culture. — Coffee // have a ☕️ // beans // 07:11, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

List of cinema halls in Thiruvananthapuram (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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WP:NOTDIRECTORY, WP:NOR and appears to be a facility to book online. Pretty much entire list is non notable cinemas or theatres Ajf773 (talk) 09:13, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Ajf773 (talk) 09:13, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Ajf773 (talk) 09:13, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:13, 8 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• This and the other lists in Category:Lists of cinemas in India should probably be selectively merged and redirected into a single list of cinemas in India; there do not appear to be enough notable individual entries among them (or in the Category:Cinemas in India structure) to merit subnational lists. This is another instance where development is the right path forward, and viewing this list in isolation as has been done here does not help us understand the relationship of this list to other pages with related content. So editing should have been attempted first, not AFD. postdlf (talk) 19:15, 8 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• This AfD was created not long after I created Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of cinemas in Singapore, which I withdrew and am subsequently cleaning up. Merging all lists in Category:Lists of cinemas in India to one simple list is a good idea, however in this particular article there isn't much of merit to merge. Ajf773 (talk) 02:14, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep This does not conflict WP:NOTDIRECTORY and is a list of useful information. Given the size and number of movie halls in India it may not be a good idea to merge all into a single article as suggested by Postdlf as the article will become unmanageable fast. Hagennos (talk) 02:00, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• There are 50+ list entries and not a single one of them has an article. Unlike the other lists of cinemas under Category:Lists of cinemas in India, none are located in Thiruvananthapuram nor even in the state of Kerala so there is nothing that can be merged. Also most of the list is original research and simply trivial and not encyclopedic, bordering WP:FANCRUFT. It's not the job of Wikipedia to list every cinema that has Dolby Digital accreditation or the like. Ajf773 (talk) 02:07, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per Postdlf. We need to work on merging all such lists into a single article. D4iNa4 (talk) 09:52, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Then your vote should be merge. Also what in this list do you feel can be merged? Ajf773 (talk) 17:29, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete This article is purely a directory, which the encyclopedia is specifically not.Jacona (talk) 19:04, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@JaconaFrere: I have removed an absurd allegation that was made by you above[1], use WP:SPI for them. Also this is not WP:NOTDIR, but contains important information as elsewhere. You need to get consensus from whole Wikipedia community for removing these articles including List of theatres in Melbourne, List of cinemas in Metro Manila. D4iNa4 (talk) 05:32, 24 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. We are not talking about lists of theatres or cinemas in Melbourne or Manila. None of the list entries are proven to be notable nor are there any such sources to verify them all, or the larger topic of cinemas in an Indian city vaguely anyone (from outside India) knows. The standard of the article is nowhere near what is required for inclusion in Wikipedia. Ajf773 (talk) 08:21, 24 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It's just an essay. However the subject is notable [2] as other lists that I pointed. I have also searched for sources and the subject is more notable than we think. I think we can try getting community consensus. D4iNa4 (talk) 12:54, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• You are welcome to indignantly call my allegation absurd, but it is documented here[3], and here is a list of socks [4]. Jacona (talk) 11:31, 24 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Still absurd. The user (Yogesh Khandke) you had mentioned earlier still edits. On AFD, you have to avoid throwing these years old incidents unless there is any on going abuse or recent abuse of multiple accounts per the policy. You can seek clarification from anybody else.D4iNa4 (talk) 08:25, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The source you provide suggests that a theater or two may be notable, it is a huge stretch to include this article, which is a list of such theaters. If there were several notable theaters, a list like this article would be useful. Until then, this is just a directory of trivial, non-notable venues.Jacona (talk) 14:41, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. It's possible somebody might be able to write Cinema in Thiruvananthapuram which talked about the industry in general in that city, assuming the right sources could be found. It's possible the introductory paragraphs of this article might form the core of that. But, even then, listing every non-notable cinema would not be a good idea (i.e. WP:NOTDIRECTORY). -- RoySmith (talk) 17:39, 30 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge what can be salvaged from the lede to Thiruvananthapuram#Culture, and delete the rest as a simple listing of non-notable items, per WP:NOTLIST. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 01:35, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• The lead is about the only thing which is suitable to be merged, even then, it's unsourced. Ajf773 (talk) 01:39, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Right - its seems like interesting and relatively harmless info, that could potentially be sourced if it was marked with cn. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 01:44, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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