Talk:The Swap (1979 film)

Objection to proposed deletion

I object to the proposed deletion per Wikipedia:Notability (films) as "the film features significant involvement by a notable person and is a major part of his/her career". The film contains archived footage of Robert De Niro and Sybil Danning as well as new material with Lisa Blount in her second acting role, Sam Anderson in his first acting role and James Brown (actor) in his last film not produced for television. --Bensin (talk) 01:03, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

• Thank you for letting me know; those actors establish notability for the film. I suggest that you improve this article by adding those facts. Seeing how few references the internet has to offer, I don't think this can ever be a featured article. Interchangable|talk to me|what I've changed 03:26, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Everybody can update (almost) every article on Wikipedia, so go ahead an click that edit-tab. :-) Finding sources for the film on the Internet may be hard, but Internet is not the only source that can be used. I agree with you that the article will probably never be featured. That doesn't mean it should be deleted. --Bensin (talk) 10:01, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

I wasn't saying it should be deleted just because it will likely never be featured. I merely think Wikipedia has one too many stubs, and it would bring the featured article ratio up if we deleted several of those stubs. In any case, this page is safe from deletion for now. I am going to search the New York Times' archives to see if they can shed any light on this. Interchangable|talk to me|what I've changed 14:25, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Almost all articles start as stubs. Any ratio of featured articles to stubs are of significantly less importance to me than the task of supplying information. Even if it's just an article stub. Someone who knows more about the subject than I do will improve the article in the same way I improve articles on topics I know more about. When searching Wikipedia I'd rather find a (preferably sourced) stub telling me something than no article telling me nothing. Deleting a stub on a notable topic instead of improving it is unproductive and also a little respectless to the person who took the time to create it. --Bensin (talk) 17:36, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

That said, I welcome your future contributions to the article. --Bensin (talk) 22:58, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

YouTube Link

Here's a link to a YouTube upload of a version dubbed to Spanish (Spanish title is Cambalache):

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