Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Geographers on Film

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The result was speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) Bruxton (talk) 23:21, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Geographers on Film

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Appears to fail WP:NFILM, could find nothing other than database listings and non-independent sources. Tagged for Notability for Twelve years.

PROD removed with "This is a significant film series." with nothing added or cited to prove that statement. DonaldD23 talk to me 23:51, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Film, Geography, and United States of America. DonaldD23 talk to me 23:51, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or merge to American Association of Geographers, not seeing the sourcing which would support notability either on the page or in a search although given the age of the subject there may be significant coverage on paper somewhere (if someone finds that please ping me and I will be happy to reevaluate my assessment). Horse Eye's Back (talk) 23:56, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the Article Rescue Squadron's list of content for rescue consideration. Thriley (talk) 00:21, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I believe the subject passes WP:NFILM as it historically notable. --Wil540 art (talk) 06:41, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I agree, definitely passes the minimal for WP:NFILM LloydPlayz (talk) 07:27, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep https://www.loc.gov/collections/geographers-on-film/about-this-collection/ "The Library of Congress presents these documents as part of the record of the past." Notable enough to be in the Library of Congress, then notable enough to have a Wikipedia article. Dream Focus 09:09, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to American Association of Geographers. Lacks in-depth coverage in independent sources, to warrant a standalone article. MrsSnoozyTurtle 00:41, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep US Library of Congress preservation meets WP:NFO. MrsSnoozyTurtle 22:34, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep pending merge to Maynard Weston Dow, which has a draft in progress. The most substantial source for the film collection appears to be Martin, Geoffrey J. (2013-01-01). "Maynard Weston Dow (1929–2011) and "Geographers on Film"". Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 103 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1080/00045608.2012.732480. ISSN 0004-5608.. However, that article is primarily a biography of Dow, which only secondarily covers Geographers, as his major work. Clearly Dow himself meets our notability bar, but I am not convinced there is enough coverage in reliable sources to justify a standalone article on Geographers in the long run. The fine content that 7&6=thirteen and others have done on the article should be preserved via a merge once the entry on Dow exists. Jfire (talk) 02:16, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep this appears to pass WP:NFO#4 with the United States Library of Congress preservation The American Association of Geographers (AAG) and the Library of Congress are now the curators of the collection, and have preserved and digitized the films contents. Lightburst (talk) 19:10, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per WP:HEY as the article has been significantly improved since nomination with the addition of reliable sources coverage so that deletion is unnecessary in my view, Atlantic306 (talk) 23:51, 3 January 2023 (UTC)23:51, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above passes WP:NFILM.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 01:50, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I withdraw the nomination per WP:HEY DonaldD23 talk to me 15:37, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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.