Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Silent Library (TV series)

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 23:36, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Silent Library (TV series)[edit]

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Zero hits on GNews, GBooks, or Newspapers.com for "Silent Library" "Zero Kazama", which is downright bizarre for a show that lasted four seasons. WP:NTV states that

However, the presence or absence of reliable sources is more definitive than the geographic range of the program's audience alone. For instance, a national television program might not be notable if it was cancelled too quickly to have garnered any media coverage or airs on a minor secondary cable channel.

And in this case, it seems Silent Library was too silent for the media to even notice. While I'm sending most of the short-lived MTV reality TV cruft to PROD, I felt this one needed AFD instead due to its comparatively longer life. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 20:44, 24 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Television and Lists. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 20:44, 24 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 05:51, 25 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
1. Dowd, Rachael (2020-06-16). "Here's where you can watch All Time Low's 'Silent Library' episode". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
  The article notes: "From 2009 to 2011, MTV treated us to weekly episodes of Silent Library. The silent game show had contestants take part in various activities including eating weird food and having items shot at them through a cannon. Bands including Forever The Sickest Kids and Hey Monday appeared on the show. Now, as part of MTV Vault, All Time Low‘s full episode has been released. ... For contestants on Silent Library, their main goal is to get through a series of challenges without making a lot of noise. If the group succeeds, they walk away with a cash prize. Each round starts out with contestants flipping cards. When a contestant gets the skull and crossbones card, they have to take part in the next challenge."
2. Denette, Kelsey (2011-03-03). "MTV's 'Silent Library' Returns 3/28 with the Cast of Jersey Shore". BroadwayWorld. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
  The article notes: "MTV's over-the-top game show "Silent Library" returns for Season Four on Monday, March 28th at 7PM ET/PT, putting a new batch of contestants through all new challenges, created to test their will and restraint. Premiere week kicks off the season with a wide range of celebrity guest appearances each day starting March 28th with WWE Superstars including Chris Masters, Curt Hawkins, Dolph Ziggler and JTG who will step out of the ring and into the library to battle it out. "
3. Tanzer, Myles (2018-04-24). "Please reboot Silent Library already. A gameshow that's perfect for the internet in 2018". The Fader. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
  The article notes: "I'm a fan of things that are simple and fun, and so Silent Library, which aired on MTV from 2009 to 2012, is pretty much a perfect TV show in my eyes. For those who never saw it, the game show, based off a segment from the Japanese hit variety show Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!, features a group of friends trying to win money by staying quiet during a series of bizarre challenges. A clip of the show, embedded above, reminded me of it and I have to agree that it deserves a comeback."
4. Altobelli, Lisa (2010-06-25). "Giants players appear on 'Silent Library'". ESPN. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
  The article notes: "Usually an ear bite has been more of a fighter's go-to move, as was the case with Tyson vs. Holyfield and the UFC's Matt Serra as a pizza boy back in the day, but New York Giants tight end Kevin Boss was recently on the receiving end of a long gnaw while filming the MTV show "Silent Library" with five of his teammates. ... And while the team didn't win many challenges since they weren't so adept at the "silent" part of "Silent Library," MTV execs said it was the best episode they've ever filmed and kicked in around $1,000 for each player in good faith to donate to their respective charities -- Boss's being the Alzheimer's Foundation out of respect for both his grandmothers, who suffered from the disease before they passed."
5. Tanzos, Tara (2009-06-24). "MTV's 'Silent Library' game show includes contestants from Wilson". The Express-Times. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
  The article notes: ""Silent Library" (based off a Japanese game show) premiered June 15 on MTV, featuring one rule: be quiet. The game show, in watered-down "Jackass" fashion, revolves around groups of friends performing ridiculous stunts -- in total silence -- for cash. ... If the stuntman or observers make too much noise -- whether part of the stunt, laughter or screaming (which definitely can't be ruled out after watching some show clips) -- the prize money for that stunt is taken away."
6. McDowell, Bob (2010-07-20). "Six locals brave sick tricks for MTV". New Castle News. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
  The article notes: "Gross and painful were no match for six friends from New Castle who proved themselves on MTV’s “Silent Library.” The group could not talk about their experience prior to yesterday’s airing of the show where contestants perform weird and sickening stunts for — you guessed it — money. Now that their antics have been upchucked over practically everyone’s MTV, it’s safe to let the handful of people who didn’t catch yesterday’s 5 p.m. airing know that they won. The show is rebroadcast every half-hour today between 5 and 7:30 p.m. on MTV2."
7. Federico, Kelly (2010-02-09). "Kutztown U. students on MTV's 'Silent Library'". The Morning Call. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
  The article notes: "Six students from Kutztown University will try their best to keep quiet at 6:30 p.m. today on the MTV show "Silent Library." "Silent Library" features college-age kids attempting absurd feats. The Kutztown students will eat a wallet made of beef jerky, endure a back rub with a hard-bristled brush and eat chicken fat out of a rubber chicken."
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Silent Library to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 10:19, 30 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, good finds. Could you please add these to the article? Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 14:37, 30 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
You could add them yourself. Do something useful for improving articles instead of focusing on trying to destroy them. Dream Focus 20:26, 30 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep Cunard has proven this passes the notability guidelines. Dream Focus 20:26, 30 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep The coverage shared by Cunard appears to be enough to pass WP:GNG. NemesisAT (talk) 10:53, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  So who wants to add them to the article? Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 16:31, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  @TenPoundHammer Instead of asking, you can always do it. That's an option. Mr. C.C.^{Hey yo!}_{I didn't do it!} 22:20, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@R. C.C.: Because I'm the only one in this discussion who has that capability, right? Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 22:22, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
No one needs to add it, for this AFD to be a BEFORE failure. User:TenPoundHammer please retract this poor AFD. Nfitz (talk) 23:35, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep. Per WP:NEXIST, the WP:GNG, and sources above. gidonb (talk) 18:33, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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