Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Albie (cartoon)

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The result was KEEP. postdlf (talk) 22:11, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Albie (cartoon)[edit]

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I can information about a book series by this name, and indeed by Andy Cutbill, but I can find no evidence of an animated series. The link where such info can be found is supposedly here (which links to the aforementioned Amazon UK link), but no such info is found at that link. Erpert ^{Who is this guy? | Wanna talk about it?} 23:13, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't even bother notifying the author because it's an IP that hasn't been on Wikipedia in almost seven years. Erpert ^{Who is this guy? | Wanna talk about it?} 23:19, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I don't know much about this, but it seems to be real. See [1], [2], [3]. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 23:26, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- See, that's the confusing thing. Links like that do show up (which are actually all mirrors of each other), but the place where one can actually find info about the show is what I can't locate. Erpert ^{Who is this guy? | Wanna talk about it?} 23:40, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:59, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:59, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete doesn't seem to exist in this form. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 00:16, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. This one is too easy. From the program creator's author page at HarperCollins, which is a major and highly reputable publisher: "Andy also created and developed Albie, the award-winning British animated television show for children."[4] Here's a reference to the program on the BBC website [5]. Here's documentation for one of the awards [6]. Apparently it's being "rested" right now by the network that owns it, but it was running last year [7] and artifacts in the Google search results for Albie + CITV suggest it might even have been aired last month. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 01:18, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep - This exists in the form specified by the Article - support Hullaballoo Wolfowitz, this show has been aired within the UK just over a year ago at the least, and as specified, possibly within the last month. I'm sure Cosgrove Hall would have a field day if you told them this didn't exist :) - If you want proof it exists, I'm sure you'd find this, or this, maybe even this, or a listing on an Online Video Guide as proof. Need anymore proof?Barking Fish 02:20, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - per Barkingfish.--BabbaQ (talk) 14:15, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep because I suck at googling. Not convinced that most of the sources like Toonhound or BCDB are reliable, but we've at least verified that it exists now. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 16:40, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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