Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The hamish experience

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 delete. Seems to be unverifiable, possible hoax. Fences&Windows 16:30, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The hamish experience[edit]

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Contested prod. Article about programme asserted to have been shown on the UK television channel Bravo. However there were no sources offered or found for the existence of this programme; moreover, the date asserted for the first broadcast, 1992, was unfeasible, given that the channel didn't start broadcasting until 1993. The editor challenging the prod nomination has changed the dates to at least be consistent with the startup of the channel, but the one source offered is a page that generates a 404 (page not found error) on the Bravo website. There are no other sources found, including for the cast, crew or production company. (A brief personal observation: as far as I know, Bravo (UK) didn't have any original programming in that period of its life) FlowerpotmaN·(t) 10:38, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note I have struck part of the AFD rationale as I erred (or well and truly goofed, if you prefer) in dating the launch of the channel. Please see note below.
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. —FlowerpotmaN·(t) 10:44, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Nothing from searching "hamish experience" + bravo so delete as unverifiable. Polarpanda (talk) 11:29, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as not verifiable and possible hoax. The sole reference cited comes up empty. Also searched for "Hamish Meander" (the subject of the supposed TV series), but came up empty also. This article has only two SPA contributors, both of whom have removed tags from the article, which leads me to suspect sock puppets. •••Life of Riley (T–C) 21:04, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as completely unverifiable. (@ Flowerpotman - It's quite possible that the programme started then: Bravo started in 1985.) DitzyNizzy (aka Jess)|(talk to me)|(What I've done) 22:53, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment The US Bravo channel dates to the 80s but the UK version, which the creator of the article specifically mentions, only started in 1993. (And as someone who just might have watched too much television late into night in my youth, I actually remember it arriving on cable in my part of the world then. Sigh, life before the Interwebs ;) ) FlowerpotmaN·(t) 23:06, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- OMG, there was a version that was pre-satellite. Yes, I got that totally wrong, I was thinking of the satellite version, post 1993. Errr......, shall return with an update. My Very bad. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 23:18, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Possible hoax. Joe Chill (talk) 23:39, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
NOTE As noted above, I erred in my part of my rationale for deletion in dating the launch of the channel to 1993, when there was a cable version running in the UK from 1985. Obviously my apologies, and anyone who has contributed to the debate here might want to reconsider their contributions in light of my goof. That said, and in the spirit of making lemonade from proffered lemons, I note that the second single-purpose account who edited the article changed the airdates to fit my erroneous dates, FlowerpotmaN·(t) 00:05, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – I've searched as well, and could find no sources to support the article's content. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 14:41, 4 December 2009 (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.