Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of television series considered the worst

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 keep. No arguments for deletion aside from the nominator. Ron Ritzman (talk) 04:36, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

List of television series considered the worst[edit]

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This appears to be pretty arbitrary synthesis, and I'm not sure it's redeemable. See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of albums considered the worst. Rd232 ^talk 01:56, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep if a fair criterion is put in as to how the list is qualified. and it includes Friends. I hate that show... Benny Digital ^{Speak Your Brains} 09:18, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I've put some work into this and I made an effort, much like List of films considered the worst, to keep this list limited to shows that have, by at least one professionally published critic, been referred to as among the worst television series ever created. This would exclude most blogs and personal opinions (after all, opinions are like ________, everyone's got one and they usually stink). Admittedly, I set the criteria pretty broad for this page, and narrowing it (as they did with the film page) may be in order. J. Myrle Fuller (talk) 22:06, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 10:25, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, but rename to List of television series with notably negative reception. --Anthem of joy (talk) 12:00, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Clearly defined list with lots of references to back up the claim of being the worst. Lugnuts (talk) 12:33, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep While the title suggests it could be a hack article, this is well written, NPOV, well referenced and informative. It would be a shame to remove it. I might suggest a better title but "Notably" is a wikipedia term not nearly so common in general language usage. I like simplification that the general public would understand and an explanation of the scope of the article in the lede. List of bad television series works for me, if not as the primary name, certainly as a redirect.Trackinfo (talk) 20:46, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 21:01, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 21:01, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and keep name for consistency with List of movies considered the worst.Ma^t_chups 01:55, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I note that only three (excuse if I've missed one) of these programmes were not originally produced in English, and two of those three are listed based on their reception in the US. Having watched Italian and Spanish TV I can't believe that the English-speaking world produces uniquely bad TV, so this article should have a title that doesn't pretend to cover any more than anglophone programmes. Phil Bridger (talk) 16:20, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Response to comment. If you know of any other non-English programs that are contenders for the worst TV series ever, and can source them, than feel free to add them. Part of that bias is the fact that U.S. and British television series are extremely prolific in international distribution and publicize themselves very well even in countries that don't speak English. Also, keep in mind: this is the English Wikipedia, so a slant toward English-language titles is to be expected. J. Myrle Fuller (talk) 10:38, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep No valid deletion criterion has been demonstrated. WP:SYN is not applicable in this case - sources are not being arbitrarily combined to produce WP:OR conclusions. It is sufficient to support the entries with reliable sources which declare the series to be the worst. This list is heavily sourced and seems well-constructed, conceivable a future WP:FL candidate, but at least the sort of quality effort we should be encouraging at WP. Dl2000 (talk) 01:20, 10 May 2011 (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.