Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (film)

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The result was incubate to Wikipedia:Article Incubator:Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (film) and redirect to Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy#Cinema. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 13:41, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (film)

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Fails WP:NFF. -- Cirt (talk) 23:58, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Have not (yet) found sources that are reliable, stating this has started filming yet. Therefore, it fails WP:NFF. However, if there can be shown to be WP:RS sources confirming filming and principal photography has started, I will withdraw the nomination. -- Cirt (talk) 00:00, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. —-- Cirt (talk) 01:12, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Incubate for a few weeks as there are multiple sources speaking toward the project,[1] and the more recent of them indicate the beginning of filming is quite imminent.[2] For instance, in an interview of the director posted October 23, it is reported "(Director) Alfredson speaks knowing that principal photography is only days away..." Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 08:46, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I would have no objections to that. ;) -- Cirt (talk) 08:47, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Wow. Quite speedy response. Thank you. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 08:55, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, -- Cirt (talk) 08:56, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Incubate I agree with Michael above, the film will obviously be notable once it is further along in its production, it just isn't right at this moment. It should be incubated for a bit until more reliable sources crop up (and until pricipal photography has begun, as an initial requirement). Silver seren^C 22:05, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 18:08, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Incubate and delete if the project stalls and nothing more is heard of this after a few months. As an aside, the Alec Guinness version was a 7-hour miniseries (great show BTW), I'm very curious to see how they cram the story into anything resembling a theatrical film. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 18:26, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to the adaptations section of the novel's article, where this project is already discussed. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 01:26, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I see no problem in redirecting the current title to the paragraph in the book's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy#Cinema section, but still feel that the project benefits from the current article being incubated and further improved and expanded while waiting in the wings... off of mainspace. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 18:42, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm kind of shocked that the Alec Guinness version doesn't have a seperate article, since it was incredibly notable and even got Guinness a BAFTA as Best Actor. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 14:07, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well, get to it then. :P Silver seren^C 18:20, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Considering the sources available for the 1979 TV series, it should be do-able to spin one out of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy#Television and set it up as a nice seperate article. If Andrew does not do so, I may have a go at it myself. :) Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 04:52, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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