Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Den Mohor

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The result was delete. Participation in this discussion was relatively low, so if a serious objection to deletion is out there somewhere; drop me a line on my talk page and we can talk about it. Ad Orientem (talk) 01:02, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Den Mohor

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The article cites: 1) barely 100 words in a publication that uses BMDB as a source (a Bengali IMDb copycat that has a history of copying from Wikipedia without attribution), raising WP:CIRCULAR concerns; 2) a source that doesn't mention the film; and 3) a passing mention within a list of films. Searches of the usual Google types, including by Bengali-script name, find many of the third type of source, but only that type. Remembrances of the late actor Salman Shah, who made 27 films, frequently list it among his 10 or so most successful ones, but say nothing of substance about it.[1][2][3][4]

Unlike IMDb, Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. It doesn't attempt to have an article about every film ever made. Wikipedia treats creative works in an encyclopedic manner, discussing the development, design, reception, significance, and influence of works in addition to concise summaries of those works. Despite the article being tagged for notability ever since it was created two-and-a-half years ago, sources that would support such a treatment have not been found.

The internet was not widely used in Bangladesh in 1995, when the film was released, so it's possible that offline sources exist, but my searches in a library with a substantial Bengali-language print collection haven't found any. WP:MUSTBESOURCES and "maybe there are better sources somewhere" are arguments to avoid in deletion discussions. I have no prejudice against re-creation if sources eventually surface, but we should not keep this article indefinitely in the hope that they will. Worldbruce (talk) 18:21, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. Worldbruce (talk) 18:21, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions. Worldbruce (talk) 18:21, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

• Delete - not every film can be notable, and this 15-year old film has had no significant coverage. Three Internet searches reveal sources about the topic - garbage collectors - but not this film. Bearian (talk) 20:22, 30 January 2020 (UTC) P.S. I would not oppose a redirect to the topic. Bearian (talk) 20:22, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 17:51, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

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.