Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daytime TV ratings

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The result was Delete.--Húsönd 03:40, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Daytime TV ratings

Daytime TV ratings (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

I think this pretty much embodies what Wikipedia is not. It's a mere list of statistics, with no source, which has been linked to almost all of the soap opera articles. Ratings history is already covered in the separate articles on soap opera series. Delete. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 20:27, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

• Delete iff not vastly improved. Lacks the most basic of citations, is simultaneously too comprehensive and not comprehensive at all, and no matter what, the weekly ratings have to go. --Golbez 20:37, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
• STRONG KEEP: Ratings History on the vast majority of pages are terribly vague that one does NOT get an accurate view of how a particular show(s) performed/perform. The Daytime TV ratings page should NOT be deleted. It provides necessary info on shows that are watched by about 30 million DAILY. If and when this page is deleted (which I hope does NOT happen), then the RATINGS HISTORY pages on ALL daytime dramas MUST be edited to give a more accurate & honest view on their ratings performances. The source is Nielsen Media. STRONG KEEP! Yrgh 20:36, 7 December 2006 (UTC)User:yrgh

I think you're missing it. We need to see actual sources from Nielsen Media. Saying Nielsen did it is not enough. How can we verify it if there's nothing for us to match it to? I think you also missed the point about statistics not being allowed on Wikipedia if that's the entire content of the article. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 20:47, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per Golbez. Mackensen (talk) 20:44, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Not a useful page. We should note that the vociferous editor in favour of keeping the article is the one who largely created it.--Anthony.bradbury 22:49, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. I noticed this a while ago, and thought to myself that this page was quite unnecessary. Although I suppose that it's nice to have all the ratings on one page, it's not exactly a Wikipedia page. It's also sourceless. The information would be better used on each individual show's page; although it creates more work, it's better and more encyclopedic (and probably cleaner) to have it that way. SKS2K6 23:18, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.