- 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. – Muboshgu ( talk) 16:21, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
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Fails WP:NOTDICTIONARY. It should likely be deleted as a WP:DICDEF and the disambiguation page Green Light moved here instead. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ᴛ) 11:59, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Film and Business. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ᴛ) 11:59, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
- Keep: silly rationale. Maybe the lede is a bit DICDEF-y, but if you read past that, the article is about the process of greenlighting in the film industry, and explains it's role in that context, who usually has the right to do it, etc.
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t c12:27, 28 April 2023 (UTC)- That is already explained in
Filmmaking#Development. The existence of this article is an arbitrary dictionary definition for a term that doesn't require a page of its own. I support the addition of a link to the disambiguation page per
WP:DABMENTION.
ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (
ᴛ) 13:08, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
- You can argue that the page is made redundant by another article, but it's just false to call it a "dictionary definition." The section you linked isn't even sourced, but I might support a merge, if it could be used to improve the poor state of the article on
Filmmaking.
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t c13:15, 28 April 2023 (UTC)- If a merge happens I believe it should be moved to
Greenlighting (filmmaking) and the disambiguation moved here. It's clearly not the main use of the word "greenlight".
ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (
ᴛ) 13:22, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
- The lack of a space makes it verbal. I think it is the most common verbal use of the phrase.
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t c14:17, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
- The lack of a space makes it verbal. I think it is the most common verbal use of the phrase.
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- If a merge happens I believe it should be moved to
Greenlighting (filmmaking) and the disambiguation moved here. It's clearly not the main use of the word "greenlight".
ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (
ᴛ) 13:22, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
- You can argue that the page is made redundant by another article, but it's just false to call it a "dictionary definition." The section you linked isn't even sourced, but I might support a merge, if it could be used to improve the poor state of the article on
Filmmaking.
small jars
- That is already explained in
Filmmaking#Development. The existence of this article is an arbitrary dictionary definition for a term that doesn't require a page of its own. I support the addition of a link to the disambiguation page per
WP:DABMENTION.
ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (
ᴛ) 13:08, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
- Delete - This is a dictionary definition masquerading as an article. --
TheInsatiableOne (
talk) 13:42, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
- It's strange to call it a "masquerade" when it contains substantial content on a coherent topic backed up by reliable sources. The idea that DICDEF applies seems to have been gleaned from old comments on the talk page about an earlier and more rudimentary revision of the article.
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t c14:23, 28 April 2023 (UTC)- The issue is the first paragraph of the article is literally a dictionary definition, and the picture of the green traffic light doesn't help either. The following section could be appended to
Filmmaking.
TheInsatiableOne (
talk) 15:03, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
- I've just fixed the problems you describe.
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t c17:08, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
- I've just fixed the problems you describe.
small jars
- The issue is the first paragraph of the article is literally a dictionary definition, and the picture of the green traffic light doesn't help either. The following section could be appended to
Filmmaking.
TheInsatiableOne (
talk) 15:03, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
- It's strange to call it a "masquerade" when it contains substantial content on a coherent topic backed up by reliable sources. The idea that DICDEF applies seems to have been gleaned from old comments on the talk page about an earlier and more rudimentary revision of the article.
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- Merge the section to Filmmaking, the lead can go. Should not stay as-is per WP:DICDEF. QuicoleJR ( talk) 15:59, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
- Keep and expand. This is a significant distinct aspect of filmmaking, and the issues identified can be resolved through normal editing of the article in its current place.
BD2412
T 20:29, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
- Note: Irrespective of other outcomes, I would definitely oppose moving the disambiguation page to this title, since most senses on the page have a space between words. If anything, that page should be moved to Green light. BD2412 T 20:32, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
- Keep 15 interwikis including the very deletionist German wikipedia. The term is not self-explanatory, and IMO in the same dict-defy territory like Film screening (i.e. "when a film gets shown on a screen"), though that article is a bit more fleshed out. – sgeureka t• c 09:54, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
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