Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Star Wars Episode VII (2nd nomination)
My thoughts are these: The first and best policy to look at here is Wikipedia:Notability (films)|WP:NFF. '''This film has not started principle photography''', and it is clearly outlined that in this scenario, a film should not yet have its own page. But wait, we're not done yet, because there are a few Wikipedia:Planned films|WP:FFEXCEPTIONS. Has the film's pre-production or planning generated "multiple non-trivial news stories"? No it has not, '''the only news story as yet is the announcement in and of itself'''. Is the coverage of the topic of the film's production "enduring and persistent in multiple reliable sources and over an extended period?" No, unless you consider a couple days to be an extended period. Is there not a suitable redirect target? Of course there is, as we've been saying, '''Star Wars sequel trilogy is an entirely appropriate redirect'''. And, is there too much information to redirect the article? I think not, considering that '''the sequel trilogy page already contains almost all the relevant information we know''' about Episode VII. So pretty clearly, this is no exception to NFF. The only recourse you have if you want it kept is , so let's address that. Why is keeping Episode VII in Wikipedia's best interest? Say we redirect it: people wanting to know about the film may search for Episode VII under that name, and find themselves at the sequel trilogy page. What's the big deal? They were announced jointly, because they are in a sense one and the same. The information about Episode VII is the same information we have about the rest of the trilogy, because it all came from a single statement by Disney. So people won't miss Episode VII for quite a while. And yes, there will very likely be at some point in the future a notable page for this, that's irrelevant because it isn't actually certain (), and we don't even need the article yet (). Lastly, the amount of fans Star Wars has does not have any bearing whatsoever on the notability of the article in review (see ). So I ask you: If no policy supports this article, how is it in Wikipedia's best interest
— User:Coppaar, 23:15, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:IAR||WP:CRYSTAL||WP:NORUSH||WP:FAVORITE (Wikipedia:Ignore all rules)