Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Download The True Story of the Internet

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The result was speedy keep‎. Per WP:SKCRIT#1. The nominator has withdrawn their nomination and there are no other arguments for deletion. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 15:20, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Download The True Story of the Internet

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Appears to fail WP:NTV and WP:GNG. Tagged for notability since 2020. Only 1 review found DonaldD23 talk to me 17:17, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Television, Science, Internet, and United States of America. DonaldD23 talk to me 17:17, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
1. "Unravelling the Web". Foxtel. July 2008. p. 38. Retrieved 2023-10-28 – via Internet Archive.
  The article notes: "The four-part series Download: The True Story of the Internet, hosted by award-winning journalist and author John Heilemann, has unprecedented access to the men and women who have become synonymous with the Internet ... The final episode looks at the current trend of Web 2.0 —- a revolution that’s shifting the focus away from the big companies to the Internet users themselves, who are uploading content and creating the online communities shaping the Net's future and building its power."
2. "Discovering the intricacies of the web". The Hindu. 2008-08-30. Archived from the original on 2023-10-28. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  The article notes: "The story, called 'Download: The true story of the internet', is hosted by technology journalist John Heileman. The series tries to capture the changing phases of the internet through the boom and bust of dotcom, Bill Gates' journey into a brave new world and the expanse of You Tube and My Space. It also dwells on the browser war, the search war and the e-commerce revolution."
3. Weintraub, Joanne (2008-03-02). "Television - Immortal life is less happy than it seems". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2023-10-28. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  The article notes: "At first, "Download: The True Story of the Internet" (8 and 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Science Channel) comes on way too strong with some excruciatingly obvious points: The music industry runs on greed! Newspapers are threatened by Craigslist! Information-sharing rules!This two-night, four-hour miniseries starts getting interesting only when hyperactive host John Heilemann pipes down and lets the founders of Google, YouTube, Facebook, Wikipedia, Yahoo, Amazon, et al., do the talking, making it a must to record and watch with a trigger finger on fast-forward."
4. Watson, Frank (2008-03-05). "Discovery's Science Channel Has Good New Series On Internet". Search Engine Watch. Archived from the original on 2023-10-28. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  The article notes: "“Download: The True Story of the Internet is about a revolution — the technological, cultural, commercial and social revolution that has radically changed our lives,” is how the Discovery describes it. It makes for a great history lesson for people new to the industry and answers some of the urban myths surrounding our industry as well. Put the time aside and watch them, you will be glad you did."
5. McDonough, Kevin (2008-03-03). "TV Guy: Tracey Gold mines moms' secret lives". Times Herald-Record. United Media. Archived from the original on 2023-10-28. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  The article notes: ""Download" begins with "Browser Wars," an entertaining look back at the mid-1990s, when a group of upstart engineers and a company named Netscape threatened the supremacy of industry leader Microsoft. "Wars" covers the meteoric rise of Netscape and Microsoft's tenacious response with Explorer, a browser that rapidly became the industry standard. The war would culminate in a prolonged antitrust case that, Heilemann argues, humiliated and chastened Microsoft chairman Bill Gates. A second hour of "Search" (10 p.m.) follows. Two more installments of "Download" will air next Tuesday."
6. Bronson, Diane (2010-08-08). "Celebrating Web's 20 Years". Savannah Morning News. Archived from the original on 2023-10-28. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  The article notes: ""Download: The True Story of the Internet": The four DVDs in this series look at the development of Web browsers, the founding of Amazon.com and eBay, the impact of Google Search and Adwords, and the rise of Web 2.0 and social networking - all of which were nonexistent 20 years ago, and have radically changed the world."
7. "Best in Show". mX. 2008-07-18. Archived from the original on 2023-10-28. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  The article notes: "As the title suggests, this intriguing documentary is the story behind the development of the internet and the battle over control of the web's search engines. Microsoft founder Bill Gates, right, is the corporate heavyweight determined to cash in the dotcom boom. His nemesis: a group of university students who want to make the fledgling world wide web more user friendly."
8. "TV Guide". Sunday Mail. 2008-08-10. Archived from the original on 2023-10-28. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  The review notes: "Edgy, combative reporter John Heilemann revels in the craziness of this journey into Silicon Valley and the internet revolution. Tonight's ep reveals how Google became a vast corporation. First-hand testimony from the computer geeks who have changed the way we live and do business makes the story-telling personal, dramatic and surprisingly humorous."
9. "TV Guide". The Courier-Mail. 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  The article notes: "Discover how the geeks inherited the Earth, in this fascinating four-part series that traces the evolution of the internet. It meets the technological visionaries who have changed the way we live and made untold billions along the way. Interviews with the founders of eBay, Yahoo, Amazon, Netscape, Google and more reveal the amazing stories behind a decade of astonishing change."
10. Johns, Ian (2008-08-10). "The Observer: Otv: Wednesday 13 August: Digital: Pick of the Day: Download: The True Story of the Internet Discovery Science, 9PM". The Observer. Archived from the original on 2023-10-28. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  The review notes: "An entertainingly told three-part series begins with how 'a bunch of twentysomething, code-crunching, burger-guzzling kids' came up with a web browser in 1993 that would challenge the dominant 'geek nirvana' of Microsoft and ultimately open the way for the Google era."
11. "Spinning a web". The Statesman. 2008-09-07. Archived from the original on 2023-10-28. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  The article notes: "Beginning with the browser war between Netscape and Internet Explorer, the series progresses to tell the tale about how in a high-tech world, even the most powerful empires can disappear in one click. In The Search War, we look at Google. Welcome to a world where you can find anything. Just three years ago there was no Google and five years before that there was no way at all to search the Internet. The companies that took a stab at search engines included iconic names like Yahoo! and Excite, before Google came in."
12. Oliver, Robin (2008-07-07). "Pay TV - Tuesday 8th July". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2023-10-28. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  The article notes: "The founders of Google, Yahoo!, Amazon, eBay and Netscape tell how in less than 10 years the internet took over our lives and how they made fortunes along the way. These geeky, computer-obsessed nerds became turn-of-the-century visionaries in less time than it takes most people to gain their first promotion."
13. Briggs, Stacy (2008-03-03). "3-3 TV". The Intelligencer. Archived from the original on 2023-10-28. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  The article notes: "This special, hosted by John Heilemann, a journalist who has covered Silicon Valley for decades, begins with "Browser Wars," an entertaining look back at the mid-1990s, when a group of upstart engineers and a company named Netscape threatened the supremacy of industry leader Microsoft. "Wars" covers the meteoric rise of Netscape and Microsoft's tenacious response with Explorer, a browser that rapidly became the industry standard."
14. Johns, Ian (2008-08-31). "OTV: Wednesday September 3rd: Digital: Pick of the Day". The Observer. Archived from the original on 2023-10-28. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  The article notes: "This sprightly history concludes with the web-enabled people power begun by Napster, the music downloading site that pioneered the concept of sharing files, and the phenomenon of YouTube, online social networking and the interactivity of the Web 2.0 revolution. And it shows that figures such as Rupert Murdoch can no longer enjoy an unchallenged dominance: he may have bought MySpace but there are always new rivals such as Facebook emerging to tangle for supremacy."
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Download: The True Story of the Internet to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 10:10, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Withdrawn due to the sources provided by Cunard.
DonaldD23 talk to me 18:43, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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