Talk:Bindu (film)

Latest comment: 4 years ago by Danielklein in topic Lack of notability

Lack of notability

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As of writing, these are the references provided:

  1. "'Bindu' begins in full bloom". Sunday Times. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  2. "Sri Lankan Screened Films". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 13 June 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. "Bindu 2009 film by Somaratne Dissanayake". somadissa.com. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. "Bindu with new concept for Lankan cinema by Somaratne Dissanayake and Renuka Balasuriya at Sandeshaya Sri Lanka". Sandeshaya. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  5. "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  6. "ACHIEVEMENTS OF DR. SOMARATNE DISSANAYAKE". somadissa.com. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

Issues for notability:

  1. Movie listing
  2. List of cast and crew
  3. Primary source
  4. Dead link (the Sandeshaya cinema site appear to no longer have a page on Bindu or බිංදුු) - The Web Archive shows it to be a promotional piece when the film was released
  5. List of film names and dates
  6. Primary source (Lucas International appears to also not be notable)

I tried finding this film with numerous searches, and all results were from Wikipedia, the filmmaker's own site, or unrelated to this film. --Danielklein (talk) 05:30, 27 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

Gihan Jayaweera, thank you for adding the following reference, however, it still does not establish notability since it is a promotional piece written before the film came out.
  1. "Bindu - බින්දු". Sinhala Cinema Database. Retrieved 27 January 2020.

--Danielklein (talk) 07:27, 27 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

Gihan Jayaweera, it's a massive coincidence that the "review" you linked to was written today, after I asked for references for notability. That review was actually written on or before 30 August 2009 by Ruwini Jayawardana and appeared in the Sri Lankan Sunday Observer. https://web.archive.org/web/20090909113200/http://www.sundayobserver.lk:80/2009/08/30/mag16.asp --Danielklein (talk) 08:38, 27 January 2020 (UTC)Reply
Both newspaper articles are promotional pieces. WP:NRV "No subject is automatically or inherently notable merely because it exists: the evidence must show the topic has gained significant independent coverage or recognition, and that this was not a mere short-term interest, nor a result of promotional activity or 'indiscriminate publicity". The newspapers are reliable but the coverage is promotional, so they do not establish notability. --Danielklein (talk) 12:23, 8 February 2020 (UTC)Reply