Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of most-viewed YouTube channels

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The result was keep. No support for deletion. (non-admin closure) Atlantic306 (talk) 17:31, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

List of most-viewed YouTube channels[edit]

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The list of top channels fails WP:LISTN. The "Historical progression" section may be merged to YouTube. wumbolo ^^^ 13:44, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: The article has enough sources discussing the most-viewed YouTube channels to establish the notability of the topic. The "Historical progression" section parallels the "Historical progression" sections on List of most-subscribed YouTube channels and List of most-viewed YouTube videos. Also, the YouTube article makes no mention of the most-subscribed channels or most-viewed videos either. Maestro2016 (talk) 13:57, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

But these "sources" are unreliable. wumbolo ^^^ 13:49, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:53, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Popular culture-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:54, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:54, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:54, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The nomination is proposing merger and that's not done by deletioon -- see WP:MAD. Andrew D. (talk) 21:37, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I did not seriously propose a merger. This article is very poorly written and the topic would only deserve a couple of sentences of mention on YouTube, which would be written anew. wumbolo ^^^ 06:54, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as I think it's notable enough to have it's own article. VibeScepter (talk) (contributions) 22:38, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Several sources are listed that discuss the most-viewed YouTube channels as a subject, which covers WP:LISTN. The main article YouTube is plenty long enough that I think this should be kept stand-alone rather than merging. › Mortee _talk 17:57, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
These listed sources aren't reliable. Which ones are you referring to specifically? wumbolo ^^^ 18:00, 7 September 2018 (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.