Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training

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. ✗plicit 00:19, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training

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Demon Slayer

This article is about an unreleased movie. It exists in both draft space and article space. Maybe some editors think that creating both an article and a draft prevents moving the article into draft space. Articles on unreleased movies only satisfy film notability criteria if production itself has been notable. There is nothing in this article about production. The articles are mostly about the schedule for theatrical release of the film including a world tour of theatrical viewings. Do the sources refer to production or contribute to film notability? No. A check of the references shows that they are mostly just announcements of dates of release.

Reference Number	Reference	Comments	Independent	Significant	Reliable	Secondary
1	www.cbr.com/demon-slayer-hashira-training-arc-info/	Appears tp be a fanzine	Sort of	Yes	Probably	No
2	deadline.com	Announcement of broadcast release date	No	No	Yes	No
3	Yahoo.com	Announcement of theatrical release date	No	No	Probably	No
4	www.crunchyroll.com	Another announcement of the date of release	No	No	Probably	No
5	kimetsu.com	Announcement in Japanese of world tour screening	No	No	Probably	No

The draft is all right because it is a draft, and can be updated after the film is released and reviewed. The current article should be deleted. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:33, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Film, Anime and manga, and Japan. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:33, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: This movie is scheduled for release in 8 days. Given that the typical AfD discussion takes 7 days, this would result in an article being deleted and then re-created anew one day later. This feels like a waste of various people's time, especially the article creator. I also note that despite the OP's suggestion of foul play, the draft and the mainspace article were created by two different people who were probably unaware of each other. Also, CBR is not a "fanzine" and is an independent, secondary source. Toughpigs (talk) 18:57, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why should it be deleted? There's been wikipedia pages for other films that hadn't been released at the time of the publication of the article why single out this film in particular? KemKatlAcl (talk) 23:12, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Per Toughpigs, deleting the article then re-creating it the next day is just WP:BUREAUCRACY. This is one of the largest anime series in Japan so any required sourcing is basically guaranteed to be created once the movie releases in 8 days. Jumpytoo Talk 03:57, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with Jumpytoo and Toughpigs. Put the Afd on hold, keep, whatever technical solution is best and wait for the release seems like the best solution. Sorry, but I'm afraid this is indeed a considerable waste of time.-My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) 10:19, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The manga has sold over 150 million copies, so a lot of coverage will come of this film. Dream Focus 05:56, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Owen× ☎ 23:51, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: I'm surprised someone even considered this discussion necessary. Plifal (talk) 03:50, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Wikipedia should not be a bureaucratic place where sought after information cannot be found and just frustrates people. Wikipedia should be a place where people can find helpful information, even prior to the release of an upcoming film, because people need to find some basic information about what this film is generally. For instance, I am glad to have found out that this is a compilation film with some new material. If this page is deleted, I would have a hard time looking for relevant information from the web. M00NS3A5 (talk) 07:08, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the film will be released worldwide in just two weeks on Feb 23, 2024. Why delete it and recreate it again? Who benefits from this deletion? There is a lot to lose and little to gain. M00NS3A5 (talk) 07:10, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - I don't understand why this discussion was relisted given the unanimity for keep but there's little question a movie in the Demon Slayer series is notable, and as others have noted, with its release around the corner, there's no reason to go through this motion just to recreate it a few days later. DCsansei (talk) 15:03, 7 February 2024 (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.