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Mary Poppins (franchise)

Mary Poppins (franchise) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Article fails MOS:FILMSERIES, stating "A film series article should only be created when the series encompasses at least three films." Currently the article has no sources discussing it as a franchise as a whole. It goes against WP:UNDUE as we have a lack of "depth of detail, the quantity of text, prominence of placement, the juxtaposition of statements, and the use of imagery. In articles relating to a minority viewpoint, such views may receive more attention and space." and WP:SIGCOV ( addresses the topic directly and in detail, so that no original research is needed to extract the content. Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention, but it does not need to be the main topic of the source material., The article currently fails WP:NOTDIRECTORY, which is just a simple list with with no contextual information.

On trying to find sources to contradict SIGCOV and expand the article, I found little indepth information.

Sources suggest there is no Mary Poppins franchise

• From the Oxford Handbook of the Disney Musical (2025) suggest that the idea of a Mary Poppins franchise was "in the air" on the release of the second film. here)

Other sources mention a franchise, but not specific details, commentary, or anything applicable to build an article from other than vague notions of it existing.

• Broadway Bound (2024)
• Chicago Sun Times article includes it on a brief list of the highest grossing film franchises, even if it attributes it as just re-iterating information from The Numbers and offers little critical commentary.

For the several rules it breaks, I think it would be best to delete this article, any relevent information is and can be found on related articles with little confusion for readers. Andrzejbanas (talk) 15:49, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Film and Theatre. Andrzejbanas (talk) 15:49, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

• Comment. I would add the musical to the article and any other major adaptations. But the article is not really necessary if each item in the Mary Poppins universe has its own WP article. -- Ssilvers (talk) 16:34, 8 April 2025 (UTC)
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Disney-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 20:35, 8 April 2025 (UTC)
• Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious keep. FILMSERIES doesn't apply, as the nominator is forgetting the book series on which the films and other adaptations are based. If the nominator is bothered by the "franchise" designation, rename Adaptations of Mary Poppins. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:39, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

  Is there commentary or sources that discuss the series? If not, I feel my comments are still valid. Andrzejbanas (talk) 12:05, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

  I think that part of the issue here is that the article isn't only about the films - it also contains information about a musical, a radio broadcast, and a two-part miniseries - meaning that if we only consider FILMSERIES we're ignoring the non-film content. That said, I don't think that this article is a clean fit for a franchise article either. I do think that it would be better to retitle it as Clarityfiend suggested.

  Retitling it would put it in a different area than film series or franchises, meaning that the inclusion criteria would shift from "is this a notable franchise/series" to "does this warrant an article outside of Mary Poppins (book series) (ie, would it be acceptable per WP:SPINOFF)

  Aside from that, I would recommend separating the other adaptations and legacy section into two parts - the celebration, Olympic ceremony, and journal article are mildly questionable as far as "are they adaptations exactly" goes. I'd put those into a separate legacy section. Whether that legacy section should be in the main series article or the adaptations could be discussed elsewhere. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 20:36, 9 April 2025 (UTC)