Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Movie marathon

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 no consensus. (Non-administrator closure) NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 16:15, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Movie marathon

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This article is so desperate for something to say that it claims that television episodes qualify and that popcorn is an appropriate food. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:20, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Article's potential trumps current state of article. The concept is notable.--Coin945 (talk) 11:24, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I was going to suggest merge/redirecting to binge-watching, but then that term seems to be more specifically targeted towards TV shows. There might be merit in making a single entry that discusses marathon viewing as a whole and redirecting both to that article. The concept of both are very, very similar - the only big difference is in whether it's applied to TV or movies. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 12:01, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Either way, it is a notable enough concept, enough to where I think that the basic idea should be kept, albeit as a single article with TV binge watching. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 12:03, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ambivalent - I agree with Coin945 that there is a whole lot of potential for the article. A quick Google search was all I needed to find stuff like "<Actor> Movie Marathon", "Halloween Movie Marathon", "Christmas Movie Marathon", "<Franchise> Movie Marathon". The thing is though, the current state of the article is absolute trash. It reads like a how-to, and a terrible one at that. The section on food says nothing more than popcorn. The article needs to start from scratch anyways as it currently contains no valuable information (does not even establish notability), so unless someone takes initiative to improve it during this debate, the article can probably be safely scrapped. mol uɐɯ 13:05, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Leaning toward delete Were "movie marathon" a single word, we could put the bulk of this entry in wiktionary. I'm not convinced that there's an encyclopedic topic to cover here. Is there a history of movie marathons we should be covering? Are there sources which say more than "so and so is having a movie marathon for charity" or "thus and such channel is having a bond marathon"? Protonk (talk) 13:58, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- @Protonk: I did a quick Google search (see below) and answered your question with a resounding "yes". I urge you to reconsider your vote given the new information.--Coin945 (talk) 22:03, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Del under WP:A11 (obviously invented) as concept appears to be made up, despite citations. --Mr. Guye (talk) 21:53, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Haha I wish i made it up :P. Unfortunately I can't take that credit. Yahoo.com, EssentialKids, WhatCulture, Sydney Morning Herald, The Mercury, Philly, All Women Stalk, Daily Mail, MTV, Oprah.com, NylonMag, The AV Club, The Hollywood Reporter, Digital Spy, and Amnesty.org (among others) can though...--Coin945 (talk) 22:02, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - Some more sources (in case I'm not being clear enough aboutt his article's notability): Planning Your Family Staycation: Fun Ideas for Your At-Home Summer Vacation, A Year of Programs for Teens, How to Plan a Movie Marathon For Kids & Teens, Plan a Classic Movie Marathon, Full Episode Schedule for FXX's Simpsons Marathon, Have a Movie Marathon with These Films About Pregnancy, The great Harry Potter viewing marathon (The Guardian), The Best Viewing Order for a Star Wars Marathon--Coin945 (talk) 22:08, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. See

Star Wars marathon
~~Marathon (television)~~ (merged into "Movie marathon")
~~Marathon (media)~~ ("Movie marathon" renamed "Marathon (media)")

Parabolooidal (talk) 22:59, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Actually improving the article The sources have been demonstrated. Now it's just a matter of someone actually stepping up and improving the article, rather than all of us chatting about it.--Coin945 (talk) 22:24, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Coin945. 174.91.75.150 (talk) 01:22, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:24, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:24, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into binge watching. Similar enough subjects, and Coin's sources don't talk about movie marathons - they talk about shows. If we had sources specifically discussing marathons without discussing a show, then I may change my view. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 04:00, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Merge binge watching into Marathon (media) as a sub-topic, in this way all types of Movie and TV marathons are on the same page.--Gonnym (talk) 10:39, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and merge binge watching into Marathon (media) as a sub-topic, per Gonnym and keep per Coin945. Now that the page is about marathon viewing as a whole, there's no true reason to have separate article. It's also a fairly notable concept as a whole, to the sourcing does need to be improved but this is a notable concept. It's been around for years and it's mentioned in a very, very wide variety of places. I'm very, very keen on using reliable sources to show notability and Coin945 and I have butted heads over this only a few months ago, but this is one of those instances where we have to apply the WP:COMMONSENSE aspect of "ignore all rules" and accept the trivial mentions and so on as usable to show how this concept is a well-known, notable aspect of the TV/movie/media world. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 06:52, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

When did we "butt heads"? My mind is blurry...--Coin945 (talk) 11:49, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Coin945: It was only a little head butting over some kid's books. I can't bring up the book series title, but it was one of those things about history or something along those lines. I do remember that it was one of those series that got re-released under a few different titles. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 16:23, 6 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Horrible Histories (book series)? Did taht book series have trivial mentions? I can't remember...--Coin945 (talk) 16:38, 6 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The newly merged article still needs some work (restructuring, sources for the TV part) but it no longer meets the criteria for deletion. J. Myrle Fuller (talk) 01:11, 5 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 08:41, 7 September 2014 (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.