Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Urban myth study (media hoax September 2009)

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. NW (Talk) 00:30, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hungry Beast (née Urban myth study (media hoax September 2009))[edit]

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Declined WP:PROD. Non-noteworthy subject; it's not even an "event". There are references, but they merely established that something happened, not that it is noteworthy. Frank | talk 16:01, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral for now simply because the official ABC1 website is confusing; I don't know if this is supposed to be a show or what. Also, in terms of the article, where exactly is the "Wikipedia involvement" section going? THE AMERICAN METROSEXUAL 16:29, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep It's a TV show that is being broadcast on a national TV channel on 30th September, it took me 30 seconds at google to establish this. --Cameron Scott (talk) 17:37, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Inclining to keep. The show (i.e., the article's subject) has certainly generated a lot of news coverage via its hoax. From The ABC website Hungry Beast appears to be a kind of journalism "reality show" show a la The Apprentice) and is due to premiere on Sept. 30 2009. See also The Sunday Telegraph, September 26, 2009. The hoax is similar to the "Alexander Stanhope St. George" hoax which was pre-publicity for a notable art installation, also involving Wikipedia. See Telectroscope, Articles for deletion/Alexander Stanhope St. George and Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive422. By the way, the article has been re-written and is somewhat improved. Voceditenore (talk) 18:03, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep entirely noteworthy event. Just because stuff happens outside America doesn't render it non-notable ftw. Crafty (talk) 02:24, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
As it stand this could probably deleted as a news event (WP:NOTNEWS) but with the debut of the TV show on national TV happening before the standard AFD time period is over the show will most likely get some reviews/coverage of the actual show making it notable in it's own right. Keep unless the show is otherwise ignored. Duffbeerforme (talk) 11:31, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - info about the hoax should be added to the page about the show. Although this could be classed as news.Cofie (talk) 21:55, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. -- Canley (talk) 04:26, 30 September 2009 (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.