Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SNL Vintage

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 redirect to Saturday Night Live#Broadcast . – Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:10, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

SNL Vintage

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Non-notable air dates of SNL reruns, failing WP:NOT/WP:N. The episodes themselves are notable, not their second-airing information (even under a fancy new title like "Vintage!"). The original episodes are already listed at List of Saturday Night Live episodes. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Airdates of Lost, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Airdates of CSI: Miami, etc. -- Wikipedical (talk) 22:44, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Currently airing show on major network, but agreed the airdates/shows aired can likely be taken out unless they're of importance. We don't delete currently airing major network shows for the mere reason of being made up of reruns (listed efforts were killed eight years ago when out-of-control showcruft was controlled). Nate • (chatter) 04:38, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Calling this is a show is just absurd. These are reruns, and there is no difference between this article and the 'airdates' article other than the fact these reruns have different branding. -- Wikipedical (talk) 02:39, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's scheduled by NBC to fulfill a one-hour timeslot. Sometimes that's all we need. Worse comes to worse like I did for the little-known network Lifetime Real Women into a lower section on Lifetime (TV network), a merge to a section on Saturday Night Live#Broadcast with a basic infobox/summary would probably be for the best to retain this somewhere; the ratings numbers are only of interest to the ratings crufters and as I said, only important episode connections should be highlighted. Nate • (chatter) 07:25, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Having a one-hour timeslot on NBC does not a show make- it goes without saying that it's what airs that matters. These are reruns plain and simple, as reported by NBC to TV listings (see The Futon Critic / Zap2it). Wikipedia does not chronicle rerun material, in episode lists let alone in standalone articles. The secondary coverage required to pass WP:N is really about SNL; thus, I agree that a sentence or two about the airings can be merged to SNL#Broadcast. -- Wikipedical (talk) 21:10, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Certainly getting a good deal of secondary source coverage about this obviously notable and ongoing television program. — Cirt (talk) 11:09, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The obviously notable and ongoing television program is Saturday Night Live. Reruns airing and in what broadcast order is most certainly not notable. -- Wikipedical (talk) 02:39, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and merge what is needed to be merged. I honestly do not see why this should get its own page; as the nominator says, this is just a list of reruns of episodes already listed at List of Saturday Night Live episodes. The lead of the article can easily be edited and merged onto either the List of SNL episodes page or the main SNL page. Prhdbt [talk] 02:52, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Saturday Night Live#Broadcast where the reruns are already succinctly discussed. Wikipedia is WP:NOTTVGUIDE. This "article" is no more than a statement of the fact that reruns exist, and a list of when they've (recently) aired. What would a "complete" article even look like? Discounting the overlapping or redundant content to existing SNL articles and lists, we're left with a list of dates of reruns better off left to SNL Wikia or other outlets. --Animalparty! (talk) 06:42, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —UY Scuti ^Talk 19:49, 31 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep or Merge to List of Saturday Night Live episodes: Although they're reruns with 30 minutes cut each time, I seem to remember a a bit of coverage about this. The idea is, in theory, that there will be one episode from each season, so the selection might be separately notable — or might not. (Is there any substantial coverage after the original every-new-title-gets-routine-coverage burst in September 2014?) It sounds like a box set waiting to happen, doesn't it? Maybe merging it to become a separate section of List of Saturday Night Live episodes might be the best idea. --Closeapple (talk) 23:37, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Listing rerun information is not appropriate at an 'episodes list' page; otherwise, every one would be filled with syndication cruft (imagine Seinfeld or Friends). As stated by some users above, I believe Saturday Night Live#Broadcast is the most appropriate place for your merger suggestion. -- Wikipedical (talk) 21:48, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —UY Scuti ^Talk 18:42, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Saturday Night Live#Broadcast If this isn't some type of spinoff of SNL and a glorified re-packaging of reruns, not necessary. Maybe the info is pertinent in some capacity. Jppcap (talk) 22:46, 14 November 2015 (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.