Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Avengers (2012 film)
for the time being.While the film project is notable, has received media coverage, that coverage has been reliable and sourceable, with GNG we are looking a ''guideline''. And there are two aspects of that guideline that are a bit nagging. First is "''independent of the subject''". At this point all of the information, in some form or another, is directly attributable to those with a vested interest in the project. We can dress it up as using/citing other reporting on what Marvel and Paramount have said or done but that is creating a news report or overview, not necessarily an encyclopedia article. Second is "presumed to satisfy". Since we are looking at a guideline, that presumption should take into account other guidelines and large consensus that deal with aspects of or could impact the potential article. In this case there are at least two other strong guidelines involved. The article, as structured, ''does'' but up against the guideline that Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. It presents the film as a done deal with a guaranteed release date. As has been well pointed out by others above neither of these things are the case. The project may fold before principle filming commences, the cast may change, the director may change, delays may happen. From that stand point the article would at the least need to be moved and the infobox and some section headers tweaked to reflect this is not yet a film. And that bring in the guidelines that the Film Project uses in maintaining and building articles. Those guidelines hold that a full article wait for principle photography starts since this makes it more likely that the film will be completed and released.Given that, it is reasonable to house the information somewhere other than its own article if possible. Since the logical place for this to be is Avengers (comics) in other media and not Avengers (comics), compression of the information is less of a problem. By design the IOM article was split off to allow for larger sections dealing with the adaptation of the comic in other media. In the cases where the adaptations have been aired, published, or released the IOM uses a short summary and points to the larger articles. While the material on the film project may need a slight compression, it would not create a case of unwieldiness or |undue weight to have it in the IOM until principle photography begins
— User:J, 19:52, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
Stance: merge
Cited policy: WP:UNDUE (Wikipedia:Neutral point of view)