Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Zombie Diaries

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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.. CitiCat ♫ 00:42, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Zombie Diaries

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Non-notable independent film. These guys have been spamming List of zombie films‎, George A. Romero and Diary of the Dead for almost a year. There is no actual movement behind this film. It is the filmmakers spreading word on various message boards and asking others to spam Wikipedia on their behalf. It had a very small showing in England in a single theater and then went direct to (self-financed) DVD. Nothing of note here. IrishGuy talk 12:57, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete. Not notable. • Lawrence Cohen 21:56, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep (article creator). I have been a Wikipedia user for some time, and as someone who was not in any way involved in the production, I resent that insinuation. I added it to List of zombie films because it's a zombie film. I never added anything to the Romero page, and I only added something to Diary of the Dead because people have claimed that The Zombie Diaries stole Romero's idea. (In fact, Zombie Diaries had completed filming before Diary of the Dead was even announced.) I notice that there is a fan backlash against this film, and that may be part of the reason why this AfD has been raised. The film was a major part of Fright Fest, and has had coverage by numerous sources independent of the production, including Kim Newman and others [1][2][3][4] which are not just limited to the UK. Even BBC News covered it [5]. I would like to see some evidence of filmmakers asking people to spam Wikipedia, because I've never seen any. The DVD, so far as I can tell, was not self-financed. It was released through Revolver Entertainment. From what I can tell from the heavily-active IMDb boards on this film, most of the people who have an axe to grind about the film are big fans of Romero's work, who complain about the DVD's cover not being representative of the film itself. 10:01, 8 September 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Poker Flunky (talk • contribs)
    • Evidence of Wikipedia spamming and promotion: [6] [7] [8] [9]. IrishGuy talk 17:57, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
      • Clearly those edits were unacceptable, and abuse of Wikipedia. However they were not me. Please assume good faith. Thanks. Apologies for not signing my previous post. Slipped my mind! Poker Flunky 07:58, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment - Movie itself has gotten some press, but the spamming is real. I don't think it is appropriate to punish these no-talent spammers by deleting their movie. Keep the movie, but monitor the "what links here" for illegitimate linking until they stop. SolidPlaid 01:42, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. This is a notable film. Don't be Americo-centric. Wryspy 07:40, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
  • weak keep its on IMDB which means it has some notability, It also for sale on Amazon UK, though all the reviews seem pretty bad. Sherzo 22:45, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 22:52, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  • KeepIn addition to the BBC article mentioned [10] , the film was also covered by ABC (Australia) [11], and has numerous reviews as already mentioned. Which is a lot of coverage for an independent film. Appears to have enough reviews to satisfy film notability, and definitely satisfies general. Horrorshowj 14:45, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep This may indeed be a low-budget film, but it makes no attempt to hide that or to present itself as something it isn't. What it is is an interesting and refreshingly different take on the zombie theme, recently given a full DVD release in the UK. Low budget or otherwise, it exists, and deserves as much recognition as any other independant film. revolting 17:15, 15 September 2007 (UTC) — revolting (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


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.