Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of controversial reality TV shows

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The result was delete. JForget 02:34, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

List of controversial reality TV shows

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Per standard AFD consensus against lists that tag the listed items as "controversial", delete. Bearcat (talk) 07:17, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Are there any non-controversial ones? Steve Dufour (talk) 07:20, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry couldn't help it. The real problem is that "controversial" is a very subjective term. Something could be controversial to some people and not to others. It is also used a lot of times as just a label to indicate that the person writing the news story doesn't agree with what's going on. Steve Dufour (talk) 07:26, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The decision here as to whether or not a show is controversial is determined by a personal opinions, which can be considered original research. --Sbluen (talk) 07:59, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - agree with everyone above, "controversial" is subjective. The article for each individual show can describe news coverage of controversies where notable. This article does not function as a viable list. DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 18:10, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:12, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:12, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Too broad. Creating a more specific list(s) featuring shows with some type of particularly contentious concept would make more sense than keeping this article. Qrsdogg (talk) 03:01, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above, subjective term. CTJF83 chat 05:01, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and probably rename. There appear to be a variety of documented incidents which raised a ruckus, and collecting all these non-notable events into one list is a better idea than having (or encouraging others to start) minor stubs on these sorts of things. Jclemens (talk) 06:47, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Or there could be a "controversy" section in Reality television.(There is already a "criticism" section. Anything new in this article could be added there.) Steve Dufour (talk) 22:55, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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