Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/I Found The Gown

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. SarahStierch (talk) 07:21, 30 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I Found The Gown[edit]

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This show appears to be a promotional program for a bridal store, --whose article has also been nominated for deletion. Written by the same prolific paid editor as my other nominations today. DGG ( talk ) 17:42, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 00:06, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 00:06, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep or merge to List of programs broadcast by TLC. I'm not saying you're wrong; Common Sense Media even called it a promotional tool for the store. However, there does seem to be coverage: I located a review from Media Life Magazine and another review from Zap2it. That might be enough to establish notability. If not, then I suggest a merge. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 08:07, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

CommentThere are other reasons for deletion than lack of notability -- such as promotionalism, especially when the promotionalism is by paid editors who have admitted themselves willing to write marginal articles. DGG ( talk ) 17:50, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't mind rewriting the article myself. We could always stub it and add a cast list and reception. I also found several local news stories about people being selected to appear on the show, but I'm not sure that's relevant. I'm obviously no inclusionist; I'm OK with redirecting or merging it to the list of TLC programs, and I don't much care what happens to this article. If it's kept, I'll work on it; if it's deleted, I won't mourn it. If other people think that it's inherently promotional and not worth trying to fix, then I'll go along with that. Maybe I'm just being naive and optimistic. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 20:31, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 05:25, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Grudging of course. Yet another TLC wedding dress show which is a blatant infomercial for one dress shop and could use a major culling which I'll attempt, but we have sources and it's aired on a major network. Sometime that's all we need. Nate • (chatter) 14:46, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Cull has now been done using some of the sources, with the episode guide and ADVERT content removed. Nate • (chatter) 14:58, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, SarahStierch (talk) 18:54, 22 November 2013 (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.