Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Melnitsa Animation Studio

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The result was no consensus. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:12, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Melnitsa Animation Studio

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Totally unreferenced corporate article. Has some 'external links' listed, but they all go to self published sources so they don't establish notability. There are no sources that I can find (granted, my Russian-fu is very weak). There is a Russian Wikipedia article, ru:Мельница (кинокомпания), but the Russian article is also totally unsourced. If the Russians can't produce sources on this company, then I doubt we can... Livit⇑^Eh?/_What? 18:08, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 18:51, 12 April 2012 (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, Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:21, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. This is one of the biggest Russian animation studios, and the only one which has consistently been producing animated features in the last decade (which have gained mainstream popularity in Russia, unusually for homegrown productions). Surely a cursory look at their IMDB page would have established this? They're a bit like Russia's version of Dreamworks Animation. Esn (talk) 05:39, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

They are most known for their "Three Bogatyrs" series of animated features (ru:Три богатыря (мультипликационный цикл)) which began in 2004 with Alyosha Popovich (which became the highest-grossing animated feature in Russia up to that point) and will continue with the fifth installment this December. The reason I brought up the comparison to DreamWorks is because their films tend to be fairy-tale parodies with recurring characters (like the Shrek series). I AM having some trouble finding a newspaper article that gives an overview of their history, though. This is frustrating. Esn (talk) 06:01, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a 3rd-party article about the studio from last December (not the most thorough one, but the only one I could find on short notice). They also have a profile on KinoPoisk.ru here, and if you click on the films you'll see their box office returns and other information. There are detailed box office breakdowns for their films from 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011. Esn (talk) 06:25, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 17:23, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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