Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of guest stars on Sesame Street

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Szzuk (talk) 06:31, 16 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

List of guest stars on Sesame Street[edit]

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I nominate this list for deletion because its reliability can never be assured; as a matter of fact, the refimprove tag has been there for over nine years. The information that can be verified has been included in List of Sesame Street Muppets and List of human Sesame Street characters, both of which are FLs. I also believe that this list is unnecessary and a bad reflection on the quality of most other Sesame Street articles. The show's 50th anniversary is in November of this year, so it's important to maintain the quality of those articles. Thanks for your consideration. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 03:12, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Can't argue with your points Christine (Figureskatingfan) but if improved, this page would definitely be a useful resource and very appropriate page to have. Any suggestions apart from delete? MaskedSinger (talk) 04:39, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment: The article in its current state does not belong in the mainspace, that is a given. Mostly unsourced; random selection of pictures; a small number of entries have segment information. I also believe that the alphabetized list does not help here at all. A better version would be a proper sortable table with columns for (at least) actor, date appeared, episode appeared, segment (or other info), and ref. Such a table would add context to the list. Either outright delete or send to draft, if someone is actually working on it. --Gonnym (talk) 08:55, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Gonnym, I'd be okay with sending it to draft, but as I state above, the verifiable content is in other FLs. Yes, it's been worked on lately, but mostly by IPs. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 16:44, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The WP:GNG is passed by the coverage this gets. A simple search for "guest stars" and "sesame street" finds ample results to sort through. Vanity Fair [1], Entertainment Tonight [2], Screen Rant [3]. So the topic is clearly notable. This information is not in other articles. As for confirming information on the list, that can be easily done by referencing what episode they were on. I search for the name of the first person on the list, Paula Abdul, and "Sesame Street" and found video clips of her appearance. And https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Paula_Abdul list what episodes she was on and what she did. That isn't a reliable source since its user generated, however someone can then look at that and search for the episode number and the name of the person and find something. She list her appearance on her official website https://www.paula-abdul.com/zoes-dance-moves.html . The information is easily confirmed. Dream Focus 04:12, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the Article Rescue Squadron's list of content for rescue consideration. Dream Focus 04:35, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Article/list easily passes WP:GNG based on the coverage and existing video footage of each celebrity's appearance. For instance: this Washington Post article which details Annette Bening's appearance on Sesame Street. WP:NEXIST Lightburst (talk) 00:17, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Suggest focus on creating a single table with sortable columns that includes episode date at a minimum. Can do it in a sub-page. -- GreenC 14:24, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Seems to pass WP:LISTN with several RS (such as [4]) listing guest stars. There is very little overlap with the two FLs mentioned in the nom~~, and some of those should be removed and kept in guest stars (such as All Star Alphabet)~~. If they refer to the guest star by their real name, then they clearly should be on this list. Maybe it should be noted if they were on the show or in a direct-to-video. That might be clear by the lack of "episode #". Certainly open to changing the format to a table, but we might want to add more info (in a easily replaced format) while it is still broken up by letter. There are 3,465 articles which mention "Sesame Street" and 95 with it in the title so it's important to maintain the quality of those articles. StrayBolt (talk) 02:47, 14 July 2019 (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.