Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Manhattan Film Academy

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The result was redirect to Robert Tutak. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:41, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Manhattan Film Academy

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Fails Wikipedia:Notability (organizations). Minor coverage by Variety and Zawya, niche trade magazines. Per Wikipedia:Notability (universities), I think this fails the auto-notability we extend to universities as it is not really a university, just some for-profit school. Sources describe the offerings as "a series of intensive hands-on film production workshops", and it doesn't seem that the students will get any degree that matters (either for any employer, or more importantly for us, anything that would allow us to classify this as a serious degree-granting institution). In other words - a spammy, promotional entry. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 10:53, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Robert Tutak, the founder (Tutak isn't very notable but his films got some press). I can't find sufficient evidence of notability for this institute: there is some coverage in middle eastern press about it setting up schools in the region, but nothing going into much depth. As already identified, this is not a well-written, encyclopedic article. And it isn't an officially accredited higher education institution such that it would be automatically notable. Note: do not confuse with New York Film Academy, which is a proper educational institution. --Colapeninsula (talk) 12:34, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Redirecting is probably good idea, agreed with the rest. OccultZone (Talk) 12:55, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I think it qualifies as an institution of higher ed and it has received some coverage in reliable independent sources such as the Variety article linked at the bottom under external links. Other sources are also indicated although they don't seem to be available online or aren't linked as such. A merge is also worth consideration. Candleabracadabra (talk) 19:58, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

For a notable film academy there are almost no results. OccultZone (Talk) 12:52, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Struck !vote above of blocked sock puppet, per WP:SOCKHELP. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:52, 31 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:41, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:41, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:42, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar ♔ 03:34, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Robert Tutak. There is mention of this academy, but only one reliable book has noted it and referred to the official website. Page in its present form is not ideal. IMDB and a primary source has been used for reference. Page can be re-written if there is any hope. By then I will change my vote to keep. OccultZone (Talk) 12:56, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. OccultZone (Talk) 13:33, 25 May 2014 (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.