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The result was delete. Consensus against a separate article. Potential content merge to individual articles, ping me if you need the content. Tone20:05, 15 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete per
WP:NOT#NEWS, specifically, "While news coverage can be useful source material for encyclopedic topics, most newsworthy events do not qualify for inclusion... routine news reporting of announcements, sports, or celebrities is not a sufficient basis for inclusion in the encyclopedia." Shortlists precede nominations, so they make up a kind of pre-qualifying round. From what I can tell, shortlists are reported in news articles with no real commentary since the real contest is among those who become the nominees. There could be instances where a widely-expected film does not get nominated, but these can be reported on individual articles. It does not warrant comprehensive lists like this.
Erik (
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ping me)13:04, 8 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Also want to further contextualize that the shortlists for Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Sound, Best Original Score and Best Original Song spanned from 1948 to 1979 and were the next to be added when this was flagged for deletion. I have added the
1972 cinematography shortlist to show how much historical interest there may be where
Gordon Willis' work on the The Godfather and
Vilmos Zsigmond's work on Deliverance were shortlisted, but ultimately not nominated that year. The Beatles song "
Let It Be" was shortlisted for Best Original Song in 1970, but ultimately not nominated.
Rburton66 (
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18:22, 8 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete Shortlists should be included at the respective award's article if desired there; there is nothing that suggests groupings of shortlists of different awards.
Reywas92Talk19:21, 8 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep, the Academy now compiles and publicly releases shortlists in 9 of the 23 current categories and makes a point of announcing them simultaneously. This means that the shortlist for Best International Feature, which is cited in the comment above, is given no more notable importance than the shortlists for, say, Best Original Song or Best Live Action Short. There is sufficient coverage and commentary each year about which of the shortlisted documentaries, shorts or films in the running for makeup, VFX or music will be the final nominees. This lends modern relevance to the maintenance of these historical lists, should the Academy wish to continue to reinstate and release shortlists for other categories.
HansTAR (
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19:24, 8 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Comment: Is there opposition to merging this information with the existing pages for these awards categories? The visual effects bake-off, for instance, generates a substantial amount of commentary and coverage. (See: [
[1]], [
Hollywood Reporter], [
[2]], [
[3]], [
[4]].) There's also already shortlist information in existing articles where that conext is necessary to understand its history; the
Academy Award for Best Original Score page includes a note about The Godfather when its Oscar nomination was rescinded and reballoted for, using the other shortlisted films as its potential replacement.
Rburton66 (
talk)
05:51, 9 May 2020 (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.
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 delete. Consensus against a separate article. Potential content merge to individual articles, ping me if you need the content. Tone20:05, 15 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete per
WP:NOT#NEWS, specifically, "While news coverage can be useful source material for encyclopedic topics, most newsworthy events do not qualify for inclusion... routine news reporting of announcements, sports, or celebrities is not a sufficient basis for inclusion in the encyclopedia." Shortlists precede nominations, so they make up a kind of pre-qualifying round. From what I can tell, shortlists are reported in news articles with no real commentary since the real contest is among those who become the nominees. There could be instances where a widely-expected film does not get nominated, but these can be reported on individual articles. It does not warrant comprehensive lists like this.
Erik (
talk |
contrib) (
ping me)13:04, 8 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Also want to further contextualize that the shortlists for Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Sound, Best Original Score and Best Original Song spanned from 1948 to 1979 and were the next to be added when this was flagged for deletion. I have added the
1972 cinematography shortlist to show how much historical interest there may be where
Gordon Willis' work on the The Godfather and
Vilmos Zsigmond's work on Deliverance were shortlisted, but ultimately not nominated that year. The Beatles song "
Let It Be" was shortlisted for Best Original Song in 1970, but ultimately not nominated.
Rburton66 (
talk)
18:22, 8 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete Shortlists should be included at the respective award's article if desired there; there is nothing that suggests groupings of shortlists of different awards.
Reywas92Talk19:21, 8 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep, the Academy now compiles and publicly releases shortlists in 9 of the 23 current categories and makes a point of announcing them simultaneously. This means that the shortlist for Best International Feature, which is cited in the comment above, is given no more notable importance than the shortlists for, say, Best Original Song or Best Live Action Short. There is sufficient coverage and commentary each year about which of the shortlisted documentaries, shorts or films in the running for makeup, VFX or music will be the final nominees. This lends modern relevance to the maintenance of these historical lists, should the Academy wish to continue to reinstate and release shortlists for other categories.
HansTAR (
talk)
19:24, 8 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Comment: Is there opposition to merging this information with the existing pages for these awards categories? The visual effects bake-off, for instance, generates a substantial amount of commentary and coverage. (See: [
[1]], [
Hollywood Reporter], [
[2]], [
[3]], [
[4]].) There's also already shortlist information in existing articles where that conext is necessary to understand its history; the
Academy Award for Best Original Score page includes a note about The Godfather when its Oscar nomination was rescinded and reballoted for, using the other shortlisted films as its potential replacement.
Rburton66 (
talk)
05:51, 9 May 2020 (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
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