Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Somoy TV

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The result was keep. Considering the new sources and the removal of promotional content after the AfD, in addition to the consensus towards keep after those sources are added, I am closing as keep. (non-admin closure) Taewangkorea (talk) 21:30, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Somoy TV[edit]

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No indication of notability, no secondary sources, the article is still written like an advertisement despite being tagged for years, it is supported by spammers, COI editors and sock puppets. Google does not show significant coverage in reliable sources, only passing mentions, press releases, blogs etc. J. M. (talk) 11:33, 22 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:06, 22 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:06, 22 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:08, 22 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Care to include any citations Itsabouttech (talk) 18:57, 22 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete It turns out that no references in this article. No matter how important a topic, without reference a article is not supported. --Shahidul Hasan Roman (talk) 05:34, 25 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I have added citations and removed promotional content. Those who have voted for delete, please take a look now and see if it is enough to change your mind on the issue. A gentle reminder, the absence of citations in the article does not mean sources do not exist and often it means no one has gone around to adding citations. National news network with coverage in reliable sources that meet notability guidelines. Vinegarymass911 (talk) 05:26, 28 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The citations do nothing for establishing notability. First, all of them come from a single source. Second, they do do not discuss Somoy TV in any significant way, they're just passing, trivial mentions.—J. M. (talk) 12:00, 28 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Wikipedia sets a low bar for broadcast stations. WP:BCAST says notability may be presumed if the station produces some of its own programming. Somoy TV does, specifically current affairs talk shows and news.[1][2][3][4][5] Alexa ranks their website, somoynews.tv, seventh in a country of 165 million people.[6] The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Bangladesh (2016) says that BBC Media Action placed Somoy TV's talk show Sompadokiyo among the five most popular of the 51 being aired on various Bangladeshi channels in January 2014. Common sense tells us that even if the amount of information available in English is limited, our readers would be served by a stub that tells them what we know - when it was licensed, when it began broadcasting, who owns it, what format it follows, how popular it is, what has gotten it into trouble with the authorities, etc. --Worldbruce (talk) 00:56, 29 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Somoy TV is one of the most popular private News TV channels in Bangladesh, in the news media related publisher. also i agree with Vinegarymass911.--Nahal^(T) 07:27, 29 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Passes WP:BCAST. Here are some secondary sources from my university library:

TVU Networks Integrates TVUPack Solutions with Somoy TV, Wireless News, Jul 20, 2013
Somoy TV uses AP ENPS in South Asia, Broadcast Engineering, Mar 3, 2011
[Somoy Tv's] Zafrullah apologises for remarks on Army chief, The Financial Express, Oct 14, 2018

In addition the BBC, The Times of India and The Wall Street Journal have used their footage and reporting in their articles on occasion. For example:

"Bangladesh Ferry Carrying 200 People Capsizes; Scores Are Missing and Feared Dead in Padma River" Wall Street Journal, August 4, 2014
"Journalist injured during Bangladesh garment workers protest", BBC Monitoring South Asia, Jan 9, 2019

4meter4 (talk) 03:22, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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