Talk:Nigerian cinema

List of cinemas being a "get around"?
What??? How are cinemas a "get around"? -- SHB2000 (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta.wikimedia) 05:54, 20 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Also, while we're at it, is a list of movie theatres travel related? SHB2000 (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta.wikimedia) 05:57, 20 February 2022 (UTC)


 * The ones listed in "Get around" may be interesting or important enough to move to the articles for the cities in question if they're not already listed in those articles. The listings in "See" should also be moved if they are not already in the appropriate articles. The "Nigerian cinema" section, with lists of mere names of movie theaters, should IMO be deleted. But I suppose we can't nominate the rest of the article for deletion until a year is up. Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:48, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I put the list of movie theatres in invisible text. I don't think we can ever delete this for attribution reasons, and so it should be redirected to Nigeria which we don't have to wait one year. SHB2000 (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta.wikimedia) 07:26, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah, you're right: if we use content from here, we can't delete the article. Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:21, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
 * To @Dammy Kaka, I don't understand how theatres are a see and a list of cinemas are a get around. Can you please explain what is the rationale behind that? SHB2000 (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta.wikimedia) 08:28, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Last edited on Feb. 2, so I'm not confident of a quick response. I think we should move listings as previously discussed and turn the article into a redirect. I'm pretty busy, so not likely to do that work for a few days if not longer. Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:39, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
 * There's no rush to do it, so this can wait. I'm just super confused at the section headers. Also per guc.toolforge, Dammy Kakka's last edit was on 2022-03-11 on enwikiquote. SHB2000 (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta.wikimedia) 08:44, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
 * When I refer to edits, I always mean this site. Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:35, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Goodday folks sorry for the late reply, basically the get around for cinemas in that section was like a get around for tourists in a particular state in the country to help ease of looking for cinemas close to them. Dammy Kaka (talk) 15:50, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
 * "Get around" explains how to travel within an area, never where to go. Ikan Kekek (talk) 16:44, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Dammy Kaka, do you have any comments about the rest of the stuff we're discussing and planning to do? Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:34, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
 * No, you plan to redirect it to the Nigeria article, its fine. Dammy Kaka (talk) 06:24, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Just so you know, none of the content here will be lost because they will be in the relevant city articles. SHB2000 (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta.wikimedia) 08:34, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't agree with that. Mere names of cinemas with no other information should be deleted. Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:12, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

What do we do about this article?
I removed two listings: Because they are not related to Nigerian cinema, but to live theatre and music.
 * National Theatre Nigeria
 * The Musical Society of Nigeria

What is left is a list of cinemas. I think it would be great to have an article about Nollywood, but this isn't it. Are there studios a traveller can visit? Is ghee a studio district in Lagos? Is there a museum with exhibits about Nigerian cinema? Ground Zero (talk) 21:23, 10 April 2022 (UTC)


 * I thought we arrived at a solution in the thread above; I just haven't felt highly motivated to do the work. Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:31, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I guess that is the solution if there is nothing that can be added to turn this into an article that can stand on its own. Ground Zero (talk) 00:37, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I think this is certainly a potentially viable topic, but I don't see any likelihood someone will rescue this as a topic, and none of the existing content after the first two brief paragraphs constitutes the embryo of a viable topic. Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:41, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
 * It's certainly a problematic article. I'll try and fork off the content in the next few weeks. SHB2000 (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta.wikimedia) 04:47, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
 * but for the most part, at least this is looking cleaner than Queensland national parks IMO. SHB2000 (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta.wikimedia) 02:51, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I've moved all the listings to the relevant city/district article. I think the remaining content (the "Understand" section) can be forked off to Nigeria. SHB2000 (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta.wikimedia) 03:22, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
 * thank you for taking care of that. Ground Zero (talk) 11:42, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Not a problem. This topic was arguably not as messy as what I would perhaps call the messiest article we have on this site (note: 100 per cent of its edits were by me), or even the second messiest (also mostly worked on by me), so this was not too hard to do. SHB2000 (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta.wikimedia) 11:53, 19 April 2022 (UTC)