Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Great Escape (film) fact versus fiction
about Adaptation "differences" and Help:Merging and moving pages|Merging'': JulesH helpfully suggests finding sources to improve the article (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/ben_macintyre/article4481367.ece http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-great-escapes-the-harsh-reality-and-true-heroism-behind-the-hollywood-prison-camp-epics-535215.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/history/2004/03/great_escape_04.shtml) And those source articles would be great if they offered any information about the film; unfortunately, they focus on the historical event itself and offer no new information about the film adaptation process. Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/Style guidelines#Adaptations|Film Style Guidelines state that "Differences between a film adaptation and its source work(s) can be addressed by including text detailing the reasons for a change, its effect upon the production, and the reaction to it." Differences between a work of art and its source are expected, so we focus not on the trivial, but the substantive and treat those issues (|supported) in the Production sections of the film article. Which brings us to the Merging issue: most of the material in this article came from deleted and disputed material from the film article. That material was removed because it either didn't sufficiently meet film style guidelines or should be considered for inclusion in the article about the Stalag Luft III|actual escape. DDG and Schmidt, I did consider nominating it for Merging, but since the material ''has already been there and excluded'' (and, again, couldn't find |support), it is pointless to repeat the process of cleaning up this material here and then trying to Merge the remains. It's already been done: the remains are already in the film article. Instead, as I have already recommended to the article creator and on the Talk:The Great Escape (film)#Fact vs fiction|film and Talk:The Great Escape (film) fact versus fiction|differences articles' Talk pages, ''enhance'' the film article's value by adding valid and sourced adaptation material to the existing Production sections. Let's not divert resources and talent to material on a "Fact vs. Fiction" page that's already been addressed
— User:JimDunning, 13:53, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:RS||WP:V (Wikipedia:Reliable sources)