Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Declassified episodes

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result of the debate was no consensus to delete. W.marsh 01:52, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of Declassified episodes

and the following episode articles:

• Declassified: Chairman Mao
• Declassified: Godfathers of Havana
• Declassified: The Secrets of WWI
• Declassified: The Tet Offensive
• Declassified: Ayatollah Khomeini
• Declassified: Radical America, Left & Right
• Declassified: Viet Cong
• Declassified: Castro the Survivor
• Declassified: Joseph Stalin
• Declassified: Lindbergh
• Declassified: Tiananmen Square
• Declassified: John Lennon
• Declassified: The Taliban
• Declassified: The Rise and Fall of the Wall
• and the redirect Declassified: Tiannamen Square

These were tagged with {{importance}} on the 1st and watchlisted. A bot has just visited them, which realerted me to their existence, but otherwise they've not been touched. I nominate these with a heavy heart, as a lot of work has gone into them - although sceptical editors who analyse user contributions and edit histories might not be so generous, especially given that some haven't even aired yet! I have only nominated the episodes and not Declassified.

The nomination: A list of TV show episodes and an article for each episode. Some of these have not even been broadcast yet. Of those which have been broadcast, it's way too early to assess if they are to be considered notable in their genre, and no such assertion has been made. Of the others, they're non verifiable. Strong delete all.

kingboyk 23:08, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

• weak keep importance is a tricky thing when it comes to TV shows. We have List of This American Life episodes, List of Doctor Who serials and List of episodes of Garfield and Friends. By precedent, it would seem then that there's nothing wrong with episode guides and lists of wikipedia. --Bachrach44 23:47, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

• Doctor Who is the very essence of notability! Some of these programmes haven't even been broadcast yet. WP:NOT ought to say "Wikipedia is not the Radio Times" but it doesn't yet. --kingboyk 00:00, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

• Delete the individual episodes, keep the list. +{{cleanup}}. Maybe if the episode articles were more informative/cited/asserted importance I could see keeping them. There's nothing wrong with an episode guide since it is a television show and, as such, probably notable to somebody. -- Krash (Talk) 01:03, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep If we must be burdened with episode guides for America's Funniest Home Videos, then it seems we must suffer with these too. After all, it must be important to at least ten people here. Oops- did I see you leaving? Make that nine. Denni ☯ 01:38, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, per Bachrach... it's notable enough for me. Gflores ^Talk 19:07, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep episode guides of notable shows. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEME?) 01:07, 8 March 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.