Talk:The French Connection (videos)
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[edit] Please hold
Drat. I just wrote a lengthy justification for keeping the article with lots of bullet points and flabbajabbah. But stooopidly I cut it onto my PC clipboard instead of copying it and subsequently lost it completely when I cut and pasted the "hang on" template. I'll write a new petition in a.s.a.p., certainly within the next 12 hrs and probably much sooner. ◄HouseOfScandal►11:40, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ok, here it is again
Firstly, I'll state I can fathom why someone might tag this article for deletion, especially if they are specifically looking for spam articles rather than coming across this in the course of curious inquiry. I hope the following makes it clear that the article belongs on Wikipedia:
- The article is completely encyclopedic in tone. No where does it describe the actors as attractive, the direction or videography as quality, or anything akin to that. The only place in which it is possibly POV is in juxtaposing the ‘’Capoeira’‘ movies with the majority of gay porn films focusing on Black actors (i.e. the end of this paragraph) and that, like anything, can be changed.
- The studio is not obscure, but rather has produced over 100 videos exclusive of those that it distributes. While certainly not of universal interest, I'd judge this article to be of interest to about as many people as my articles on Larz Anderson Bonsai Collection, Shreve, Crump & Low and Castletownroche, all of which made it to "Do you know?" status. I'm not saying this article is a good candidate for DYK, only that it is no more esoteric a subject.
- I understand why the length of the article might send up a red flag. This information, however, wasn't lifted off a website nor was it plainly available anywhere before I wrote this article. Dodging advertisements and pop-up windows, I worked for a couple hours to discern one group of videos herein from another in order to delineate it for Wikipedia readers so they don't have to do the same. Check out my Dec 19 article on Massachusetts Department of Public Health; while the subject matter could hardly be more different, the structure is similar.
- As might be inferred, my motive for creating this article was my own curiosity -- I've long wondered what exactly is the deal with the Black and Tan videos vis-à-vis the 18 Today videos and so forth. Wishing for an explanation that was not easily had, I sought out the info and created the article to share the explanation with other Wikipedians. My motives for creating this article are no different than my motive for the creation of 123 other articles I've written. I don't profit from any of them (...but I can't helping wishing I could!)
- Each of the videos series described in this article would probably arouse no suspicion if created as a single paragraph stub. I've merely collected them in a coherent context in and created redirects so that someone doesn't come along later and expound upon one of these series without knowing that its been addressed.
- I want to expound on the company's history and the personalities involved with the production of these videos, but I candidly admit that once I got the various product lines figured out and explained them I was pretty sick of this subject matter and wanted to put the article down for a day or two. The "social context" of the French Connection videos will be more evident once this is added.
Hopefully this justifies the article’s continued presence on Wikipedia. I certainly believe that it does. Like everything on Wikipedia and most things in existence, this article has room for improvement and I welcome any changes that don’t diminish the article’s utility for the curious reader.
Also, thanks to User:Vvwv333 for tagging this article (even if that did create more work for me). I’m confident the tagging was done in good faith and I definately appreciate that we are both Wikipedians working (usually thanklessly and always without a penny of financial reward) to make Wikipedia better. ◄HouseOfScandal►12:35, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Tag removed
I've taken the speedy delete tag off the article having read your lengthy and well-argued justification. Cheers, Tonywalton | Talk 13:14, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Letsplaydoctor2.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:01, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Swimmeat4.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 08:05, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Capoeira9.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 17:47, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
