Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lateral with Tom Scott

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The result was merge‎ to Tom Scott (YouTuber). Star Mississippi 11:43, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Lateral with Tom Scott[edit]

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I can find no coverage of this podcast in any reliable sources. Fails WP:GNG. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 22:28, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Internet and United Kingdom. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 22:28, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge Selective merge to the Tom Scott article, the podcast isn't notable for lack of sourcing, but the individual behind it is. Oaktree b (talk) 01:39, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I wonder if a redirect may be preferable. There is a stark lack of sourcing for this topic and thus no RS-backed prose in the article, so a redirect may be better in this scenario. Thoughts? Schminnte (talk • contribs) 09:56, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Schminnte seems a worthwhile part of Scott's online/career presence to exist as at least a section in his article, so merge seems best rather than remove it entirely Quinby (talk) 21:14, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but we need reliable sources to back up this proposed section. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 21:15, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Schminnte true, I did try and add a couple but it seems like the podcast is mostly constricted to podcast-specific websites. Dextero did have an article referencing it. Quinby (talk) 21:21, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge, per Oaktree b. History6042 (talk) 01:39, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
~~Redirect~~ Merge to Tom Scott (YouTuber). I'm not seeing any reliable sources available for this podcast. ~~I also don't see any reason to merge. The article is mostly an episode list. At most there are only three sentences of prose with primary sources.~~ TipsyElephant (talk) 10:49, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Tom Scott's page; this is not independently notable on its own. note that the podcast's Twitter/X account is canvassing people to edit the page: https://twitter.com/lateralcast/status/1691191875250618368 wizzito | say hello! 21:08, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
In fairness, I wouldn't say that's explicitly canvassing: they are asking people to improve the article, not comment here. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 21:11, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
True. wizzito | say hello! 21:13, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge for now - There is a TubeFilter source that taks substantiately about the podcast. I personally believe it to be a reliable source, but that's the only one I could find which contains WP:SIGCOV about it. If no other sources can be found between now and the next few days, this makes a pretty valid Merge. PantheonRadiance (talk) 18:10, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect and Merge Currently there aren't enough sources meeting GNG for an article, but this seems worthwhile to have in Tom Scott's page. However, a split should be on the table in the future if there is more coverage of this. Belichickoverbrady (talk) 22:50, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Tom Scott: Non-notable podcast, best to merge the most pertinent info to the article about the notable host User:Let'srun 02:16, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Tom Scott (YouTuber). The TubeFilter article is probably the only good source for it. SWinxy (talk) 20:37, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge. No indication of standalone notability under WP:GNG, but there is probably some content here worth salvaging, for example from the lead. Actualcpscm^{scrutinize, talk} 17:14, 20 August 2023 (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.