Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Inner Compass

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 was merge to Calvin College. I'll redirect, editors are free to merge verifiable material. Non-admin closure. Jujutacular ^T · C 00:17, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Inner Compass[edit]

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I think this college television program fails WP:N. Searching for "Inner Compass" & PBS and "Inner Compass" & Calvin (the college that produces the show) brings up zero hits on Google News. In addition, as evidenced by its edit history, this page was created and edited by editors with an apparent conflict of interest. Alternatively, a sentence or two might be appropriate in the Calvin College article with this article redirecting there. Novaseminary (talk) 17:10, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:08, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Inner Compass is a nationally syndicated television show which reaches markets totaling 33 million viewers, including the nations largest markets New York and L.A. This isn't just a small local television show. Its run for 10 seasons now and viewership is ever increasing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 153.106.55.210 (talk) 00:47, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Whether it is a small local program or not, Wikipedia requires reliable sources to prove notability. The analysis here is not at all about whether the program is worthwhile or high quality (in fact, many low or no quality programs are notable for wikipedia purposes!). It is also not a reflection on whether the show will become notable at a later date. I would note that the IP address of the editor of the comment above is registered to Calvin College, the producer of this program, as are the other IP addresses that have edited this article (153.106.56.54 & 153.106.60.145). And the other two named editors with non-minimal edits (other than me) seem to have a COI (Videocalvinedu admitted as much here and Perfekte21welle's edit history strongly suggests one), meaning all of the non-trivial editors of this article to date potentially have a COI. Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean the article is not notable or that any particular edits are bad, but it doesn't help the case that the subject of the article is notable. Novaseminary (talk) 02:48, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Further Comment I also think this fails the more specific television program notability guidelines. In particular, "the presence or absence of reliable sources is more definitive than the geographic range of the program's audience alone." Novaseminary (talk) 19:55, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

At the least merge into Calvin College, but that article is quite large already.--Pink Bull 02:31, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Calvin College, where it deserves a mention in a section. Airplaneman ^talk 19:46, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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.