Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wall-E (film)

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, as with Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/W.A.L.-E.. Continuing arguments for deletion following each 'source' indicate that we aren't ready to have an article on this yet. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 23:05, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wall-E (film)

Wall-E (film) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

This film has not been officially announced. The only information about the film has appeared as rumor on blogs, with each mention all referencing the other blogs that talk about the rumor. This is similar to when the W.A.L.-E. entry was removed for lack of anything factual to support the page. SpikeJones 14:40, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete for now, WP:NOT a crystal ball. --Terence Ong _{(C | R)} 15:36, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. The film was announced by Pixar. This is a stub: keep it or else we'll have to start all over again with more information one day. Wiki-newbie 16:19, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

As requested a number of times, please provide the Pixar announcement information (not blog postings) that lists director, cast, plot, release date, etc information. SpikeJones 16:24, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Comingsoon.net says Later that same summer, the mysterious new animated Pixar film, Wall-E, comes to theaters on June 27., that is it other than some blog references. Start all over again? There is nothing in the article to start over. Nothing is known about the movie or than, It is romoured to be about a robot., delete per not a crystall ball. Once more info is available I would support this article of course. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 16:27, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Less than 2 years away. I would have voted to delete if the film's release were 5 years in the future. Georgia guy 16:47, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delte unless something verifiable comes along. A copy of the Pixar announcement, not just romors, would be nice. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 16:50, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

  Comment. The comingsoon.net external link appears to reveal that Disney has announced the actual release date, which means it isn't just a rumor. Georgia guy 17:22, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

  Comment. And the mention of a release date doesn't mean the film is official. The name of the film has been rumored to be W.A.L.-E. previously as well (with THAT WK page being deleted for the same WP:NOT reason). Could it be a placeholder for some other unannounced film, or it could have been a mistake, or it could actually be for a new Pixar film. Since there is conflicting information being posted in blogs (Stanton directing? Maybe not), and a release date by itself doesn't mean anything -- we go back to asking for other verifiable information from an official source that would move this from WP:NOT to something factual and supportable. SpikeJones 17:47, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Comment The W.A.L.-E article has been recreated as "W.A.L.-E.," (with an extra period) and it is about this same film (this article is also up for deletion [1]). Wavy G 01:44, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Nexis has zero hits for "Wall-E and Pixar" Uucp 18:11, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

* Delete I have seen no official announcement by Pixar, let alone Disney- and it was my understanding anyway that Pixar announced their own films, not Disney. And the supposed copy of the announcement is a poorly and confusingly worded one, at best.

I can't believe all this information about this rumoured film was added when NOTHING has been announced! And might I also suggest that the Wall-E link in the Pixar movies/short films template (on the bottom of every Pixar film's page) be removed until an official announcement is made. --211.26.115.34 03:58, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. Cinescape (now "Mania") has also received word from Disney about the release date (http://www.mania.com/52676.html). I imagine plot information will be announced soon. --Psiphiorg 06:58, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

• GENERAL NOTE. I'm contacting the Walt Disney Co. about a confirmation of the existence of Wall-E. To answer the question why we haven't heard something direct from the Walt Disney Co. in public: the press site of Buena Vista Pictures is closed to only (you can guess what comes next): press! Sigh, some people.. – (

empoor) 18:09, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Comment. I found an additional site declaring Wall-E's release date. I've added it to Wall-E's reference page, and you can view it here and decide if it's worthwhile. RMS Oceanic 08:49, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Additional Comment. I propose we wait and see if empoor has any success with his investigations before deleting this article. RMS Oceanic 17:24, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

I just get an SQL error when I go there, must be having trouble. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 14:10, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

I have corrected the URL; the "A" at the end was apparently a typo. The page announces not only the release date, but also the director and a one-word premise ("robots"). --Psiphiorg 06:50, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Even with the corrected URL (minus the "A"), the Animation World site still doesn't provide *any* information that wasn't already listed on other blog listings, and the Stanton as director item is already being discussed about whether or not its true. While submitted as helpful, it still doesn't supply any official facts surrounding Wall-E that we've been discussing here to the point where the article should be kept.SpikeJones 16:04, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, unlike Rapunzel (film) and others, there is absolutely no official information available about this film. We don't even have an official working title. Wikipedia is not required to contain up-to-the-nanosecond information on everything at the expense of accuracy. Powers ^T 14:24, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete crystal ball and tea leaves per LtPowers, Terence Ong et al. Angus McLellan (Talk) 18:34, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

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