Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Star vehicle

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. (Non-administrator closure) NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:41, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Star vehicle

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Non notable, no sources, does not merit separate article. Zombiesturm (talk) 15:07, 13 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: definitely needs vast improvement, but unless there is a concrete offer to incorporate the term elsewhere, the article should stay. Chunk5Darth (talk) 15:50, 13 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe a merge discussion is appropriate for AFD. Let us stay on point, please. Zombiesturm (talk) 18:10, 13 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Merge is the next best thing when it's notable to retain the material when deleting an article. Chunk5Darth (talk) 21:08, 13 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. In the first place, the article does already have a couple of sources, although they are currently listed under "External links" The concept of the star vehicle is certainly notable. Here are some books that discuss it as a marketing concept and, according to at least one writer, as a distinct genre of motion picture: [1][2][3][4][5][6]. --Arxiloxos (talk) 20:03, 13 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:23, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:23, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep and cleanup and per topic notability.[7] Schmidt, ^{Michael Q.} 21:29, 14 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.