Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oxford International Film Festival

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 keep. kur ykh 00:45, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oxford International Film Festival

Non-notable film festival. A grand total of three mentions in the Lexis archives, only one of which (Richard O Jones, Dayton Daily News, April 6, 2008, "Oxford film festival getting bigger, better") is an actual article about the festival. The others are JUDY WELLS, Florida Times-Union, May 18, 2008, "Film fest entry has local ties" (mention in passing: "So far it has been accepted for the Savannah, Sarasota, Hoboken International, Johns Hopkins and Oxford International film festivals, but as Suzanne said, 'The Jacksonville one was the most important to him.'") and Matt Hildner, The Pueblo Chieftain, April 25, 2008, "Film on the range: Home-building effort chronicled in movie" (mention in passing: "Earlier this month, it won Shiveley the award of Emerging Artist from the jury at the Oxford International Film Festival in Ohio.")

Also nominating J.C. Schroder (23-year-old film director whose primary claim to notability is founding this festival) and Star Com Productions (production company whose primary claim to notability is producing this festival), both created by the same editor and then both edited by his apparent alterego. Calliopejen1 (talk) 00:50, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just want to note that I'm not an alter-ego -- apologies if my edits moved the article in the wrong direction (I am, indeed, new to Wikipedia). I believe the festival fits the notability requirements, but could certainly do with the inclusion of more of its press coverage as references. J.C. Schroder's website lists press/media for himself & the festival at http://www.jcschroder.com/press.htm As I don't maintain that website, I don't have access to all of those articles, but will see which ones would do best to supplement the information in the wiki article. A starting point would probably be its listing in the Hollywood Reporter (4/5/07 - Hollywood Reporter - Prints Oxford Film Festival Listing) and discussion on NPR (4/6/07 - National Public Radio 88.5 (WMUB) Hour Long Radio Show "OIFF & MAFIA"). I'll try to find better references to them than the founder's website. Getsource (talk) 02:08, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and another note. Another editor removed the prod for OIFF because they noted that Wrath of Gods made its US debut there. That's true, but it's actually a Canadian movie and showed two months earlier in Canada. In any event, notability is not inherited and I don't think that that makes this film festival worthy of inclusion. Calliopejen1 (talk) 00:55, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep for the festival per this coverafe, merge the founder to the article if kept. StarM 01:24, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weakish Keep I found this. It is being claimed as an award here, so they think its a big deal. This group also thinks an award from it is worth mentioning, as did this associate professor at UNCW. There are many other instances of winners of awards thinking it is notable. It is a little thin, but I see no reason to delete a borderline case when then there are at least some sources. If nothing else, the encyclopedia is better with it than without, and it does appear to be accurate. DENNIS BROWN (T) (C) 01:28, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Note, I would agree with StarM's idea to merge the founder's article into the festivals. DENNIS BROWN (T) (C) 01:36, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The article requires a substantial rewrite, as its claims of festival circuit importance are a bit too grand. But it passes WP:RS and appears to have a degree of regional cultural significance. Ecoleetage (talk) 01:38, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The newspaper coverage means that the article passes the general notability guideline. See also http://www.variety.com/search/News?q=%22Oxford+International%22&s=date&t= for further possible references. -- Eastmain (talk) 01:41, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment J.C. Schroder and Star Com Productions should be discussed separately. at least, an article on a person involves other considerations than on a festival. DGG (talk) 03:09, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I scrubbed the article and made it as encyclopedic as I could manage.ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:01, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - notability established the usual way. No reason to deviate from our usual practices that I see. Wily D 12:24, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. —PC78 (talk) 03:23, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. With respects to the nom, notability has been established. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 05:28, 13 November 2008 (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.