Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Trade Center in film

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 05:27, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

World Trade Center in film[edit]

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This list is essentially trivial in nature, and fails WP:LISTN. Random films in which two buildings appear in the background for a scene or two is not a notable topic. Although I think the article should be deleted, I think that redirecting it to List of films set in New York City is also a possibility. Di (they-them) (talk) 04:46, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Film, Architecture, Lists, and New York. Di (they-them) (talk) 04:46, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete it was an iconic part of the new york city skyline for decades, how could it not be in tons films? Films about 9/11 is probably notable, but not “list of all movies with a particular building in them” Dronebogus (talk) 13:05, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Article is hopelessly dependent on WP:OR and as a list it fails WP:NLIST. Simply a case of WP:NOTTRIVIA. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 13:28, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I mean it was even in the TV show Friends a few times until it wasn't there anymore. I don't think having a list of "building in background" in xyz movies serves any kind of purpose; most (if not all films) set in New York pre-9/11 will likely have a shot or two of the towers. Oaktree b (talk) 17:46, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

delete I remember seeing the Annie (2014 film) trailer as they were panning across the skyline and I'm thinking "something's wrong here— oh shit." Yeah, the towers were in the background of many movies, and the new tower is going to appear in many more, but this is just trivia. Mangoe (talk) 19:41, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to World Trade Center in popular culture; failing that, delete. There are so many problems with this article that it's best to start over from scratch. I would not say the topic of the article isn't notable; it's discussed by books like this and this (and to a lesser extent this and this. However, this article seems to list nearly every film in which the Twin Towers were featured (without any sources or context), thus failing WP:NOTTRIVIA. In fact, the original title of this page was "List of films featuring the World Trade Center", which seems to indicate that this article is less about the WTC in film and more about every single appearance of the WTC in film, which indeed is trivial. – Epicgenius (talk) 21:46, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above. The person who loves reading (talk) 02:24, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This is listcruft. The list includes films that are not centered around the WTC but have some scenes where the building can be seen in the background. Ajf773 (talk) 20:52, 12 June 2023 (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.