Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Star Trek on NBC

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The result was Delete -Djsasso (talk) 22:25, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

History of Star Trek on NBC[edit]

This article repeats all the information available on the List of Star Trek: The Original Series episodes and then goes onto say that the information will differ from location to location in the US, making it rather vague

Keep Not really. It's a bit more than an episode guide, more of a summary of how the broadcast history by the NBC network during the 150 or so weeks from September 8, 1966, to September 2, 1969, including reruns, pre-emptions, etc. Turns out that Requiem for Methuselah was the last episode actually broadcast nationally, although Turnabout Intruder was the last new one shown. While I don't endorse this type of treatment for every series, Star Trek is one of the few classic shows that has a notable history. Mandsford (talk) 21:59, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, it's not an episode guide, that already exists here. It's not the only place where we learn of the spotted history of Star Trek on NBC, that is included in the main article on the series. All it really does is tell us when one television network first showed the episodes, in certain parts of the US, which the episode guide already does. Alastairward (talk) 23:44, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete As it is, I don't think it provides anything encyclopedic that's not already at List of Star Trek: The Original Series episodes. I don't think repeat broadcast dates are notable. At the same time, there is potentially encyclopedic information which could go into an article with this title, and which is not currently under Star Trek: The Original Series, such as the letter-writing campaigns which saved the show from cancellation after the first and second seasons. My preference, I think, would be to add that under Star Trek: The Original Series, and split it off into a separate, re-created article if there were later enough material to justify that. Chuck (talk) 23:50, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep with any other show (possible exception of The Simpsons) this would be cruft, but this particular show is so notable (even as it affects the creation of cruft), this week-by-week analysis is important.
Delete - Wikipedia is not TV Guide. The original air dates should be in a list of episodes and in the articles on the individual episodes. This article is pointless and ridiculous. Otto4711 (talk) 02:05, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. While the topic has some marginal notability, and the original air dates are (for some fans) important (for some reason), this article is derived from primary sources and really shows no particular notability. The material could be transwikied to Memory Alpha or Memory Beta via GFDL. --Dhartung | Talk 09:55, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. As per Otto4711s comments, this article is pointless and ridiculous. Chrisieboy (talk) 12:15, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"Polly wanna cracker?!" 63.84.72.153 (talk) 03:52, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Transwiki' to MemoryAlpha. Though the campaign to keep StarTrek on the air would be notable. 132.205.44.5 (talk) 19:47, 21 February 2008 (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.