Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boys (TV series)

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The result was delete. bd2412 T 04:03, 5 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Boys (TV series)[edit]

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The original version of this page appears to be vandalism verging a hoax. See [1] for how bad it was. I've trimmed out most of it (unsourced and probably bogus claims, unrelated links and articles, claims of twin incest, etc) and there's not much left. On Sept 6 and 7 2016 there was a flurry of Hollywood-type discussions of a planned new TV show. And nothing since. I couldn't verify any of the many claims made (synopsis, actors, writers, etc). I don't see how a simple mention of plans for a possible TV show merit an article. I can't even verify that this project is still happening, let alone confirm that it is notable enough to warrant an article before it is released. Fails WP:SUSTAINED. WP:NOTNEWS and WP:CRYSTALBALL might be of interest too. Meters (talk) 05:48, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment i'm not suggesting a redirect to any of the possible targets (Dick Wolf, Zayn Malik , etc) since I think the original content is actually a hoax. If we want a redirect this should be deleted first and then recreated. Meters (talk) 06:02, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 10:44, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 10:45, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete If this was picked by a major network and starred Zayn Malik...well, let's go over what's wrong with this;
- - - NBC would definitely not be leaving something like this to a do-nothing E/I Saturday morning block such as The More You Know. This would be a prime-time show.
    - Litton Entertainment owns the TMYK block. It produces every show in the block. They would likely never allow another company to take up a half-hour of their block.
    - Dualstar is a dormant company which produced Olsen Twins stuff. Yeah, they aren't getting back into the television business.
    - It's a Laugh Productions is basically the in-name-only teen sitcom arm of the Disney Channel and Disney XD. This is a drama show...on NBC. Disney owner ABC is their direct competitor. It's a Laugh basically states in their own name they don't do drama. Again, not happening.
    - American TV doesn't have 45 minute shows...unless they're hour shows with commercials. And TMYK shows are universally half-hours.
    - The E/I law wouldn't allow this show to air a minute before NBC was slapped with million dollar fines for airing an infomercial about a teen idol as a 'host-selling program' where it is, on Saturday mornings.
    - Dick Wolf; not exactly producing shows about teen idols. He is one of the kings of NBC with the L&O and Chicago franchises, but this seems like an unlikely project for him.
    - Show was announced for the 2017-18 pilot season; guess what isn't showing up right now in NBC's fall schedule?
    - No other stories about this program came out since September.
    - And is it a drama or reality series? Going by this article, we have no idea of its format.

Basically, this is a whole bunch of hoax information wrapped around the announcement of a pilot which has no hope of coming to the air anytime soon. Per WP:TVSHOW, we've got nothing here for a keep (also Meter's link to that revision makes some of our worst hoaxes look like child's play; this WP:RESCUE is plain dire). Nate • (chatter) 05:30, 21 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Is this a hoax? Please evaluate the sources post-relist.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, A Train^talk 08:39, 28 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. May have been a series idea, but it apparently hasn't gotten anywhere. Clarityfiend (talk) 11:31, 28 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per WP:TVSHOW: "... in most cases, a television series is not eligible for an article until its scheduling as an ongoing series has been formally confirmed by a television network..." This one has no announced premiere date. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 19:35, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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