Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trashed (game show)

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) MaxnaCarter (talk) 13:30, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Trashed (game show)[edit]

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Prod contested with source, but source is just a PR blurb. Nothing better found. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 01:08, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 01:08, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fails WP:GNG - only one source available. ~XyNq^t_c 04:59, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep -- additional source from AV Club [1] makes two with the included source. matt91486 (talk) 18:05, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The other source is a press release, though. And is a listicle from AV Club really a RS? Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 21:55, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The AV Club article is not a listicle. matt91486 (talk) 18:02, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
1. "MTV consumer guide: Trashed". The Village Voice. 1994-06-07. p. 46. ProQuest 232165712.
  The review gives the TV show a "C Minus" rating. The review notes: "On this new game show "that breaks mementoes and memories into itty bitty pieces," two pairs of youthful contestants risk their own treasured possessions—bowling shoes, prom dresses, remote controls—against their knowledge of pop culture trivia. Winners get prizes, losers get their stuff destroyed in as gruesome a way as possible. ... There might be a certain voyeuristic kick to this, but the questions are too easy to bother playing along at home. Back in the MTV studio, one person's gimme is another's brutal stumper."
2. Blevins, Joe (2015-08-03). "MTV's Trashed was a hotbed of future comedy talent". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  The article notes: "Case in point: the highly-caffeinated game show Trashed, which lasted five crazy, demolition-filled months back in 1994. Essentially a bald-faced ripoff of MTV’s previous hit, Remote Control, Trashed pitted two teams of contestants against one another to answer insultingly easy pop culture questions in a debris-strewn, junkyard-themed set. The show’s gimmick was that each team had brought along several treasured personal possessions—color TV sets, stereos, prom dresses, cassette collections—which could potentially be “trashed” if its members did not correctly answer enough queries about sitcoms and pop songs."
3. "MTV game show 'Trashed'". Wisconsin State Journal. 1994-02-06. Archived from the original on 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2022-05-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  The article notes: "Willing to risk your most prized possessions for a chance to WIN BIG? MTV's newest game show, "Trashed," dares high roller contestants to give up all their worldly possessions, and then try to win them back. ... "Trashed" pits two teams of friends against each other, as they compete to save their yearbooks, trophies, and other personal treasures from total destruction."
4. Less significant coverage:
  1. Cerone, Daniel (1994-06-12). "Cover Story: After All, Life Isn't Just a Video: MTV, the channel that made its name with wall-to-wall music videos, has become a full-service 'lifestyle network,' much to the consternation of the big record companies, which are teaming up to launch their own channel". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
    The article provides one sentence of coverage about the subject. The article notes: "Then there's a game show ("Trashed") in which contestants compete to destroy each other's property."
  2. Nedeff, Adam (2014). This Day in Game Show History- 365 Commemorations and Celebrations, Vol. 3: July Through September. Duncan, Oklahoma: BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1-59393-571-9. Retrieved 2022-05-27 – via Google Books.
    The book notes: "Trashed (1994): Chris Hardwick hosted this one as well. Teams of contestants brought in cherished personal possessions and risked them for a chance at big prizes. If a team failed to meet a challenge by answering the required questions, "The Trasher," Mark Fite, would destroy their belongings."
  3. Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007) [1979]. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present (9 ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 1421. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4. Retrieved 2022-05-27 – via Google Books.
    The book notes that Trashed premiered February 14, 1994, was produced in 1994 (50 episodes), was 30 minutes, was a quiz/audience participation show, was hosted by Chris Hardwick, and was broadcast on MTV. The book notes: "In this early-evening game show two teams of roommates competed to save their worldly possessions from total destruction."
  4. Crane, Jonathan Lake (1994). Terror and Everyday Life: Singular Moments in the History of the Horror Film. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publishing. p. 155. ISBN 0-8039-5848-X. Retrieved 2022-05-27 – via Google Books.
    The book notes: "In Trashed, a new MTV show, contestants answer trivia questions in order to see their opponents' favorite possessions destroyed. College diplomas, concert memorabilia, special presents from Mom, and the like are blown up, chainsawed, blowtorched, and so forth as the players battle to win."
  5. Russell, Deborah (1993-09-04). "Viacom's Interaction; ICTV Setting The Tone". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-05-27 – via Google Books.
    The article notes: "MTV will debut its new game show, "Trashed," in October. Contestants allow MTV into their homes, where their possessions are seized, only to be regained or demolished through the course of the competition. One round, titled "Up Yours," gives the losing team an opportunity to gain points by answering personal questions about roommates."
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Trashed to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 10:32, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

- Village Voice source was a good pull! matt91486 (talk) 18:02, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the citations listed by Cunard. DonaldD23 talk to me 18:04, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 13:42, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as multiple reliable sources coverage has been identified in this discussion such as significant coverage in Village Voice, AV Club, and newspapers so that WP:GNG is passed and deletion is unnecessary in my view, Atlantic306 (talk) 20:22, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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