- List of the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien episodes (talk|edit|history|logs|links|watch) (XfD|restore)
- List of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon episodes (2009) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- List of The Colbert Report episodes (2009) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Closer dismissed valid arguments based on wp:notability, wp:episode and other policies. Sides with nom despite lack of deletion rationale. Nom's reasoning and those of deleters are largely based on not liking it "I think this kind of list is a little different, because it isn't a plot summary like other lists of (show) episodes. If O'Brien is as successful as Leno or Carson, this list could end up being in the thousands of episodes. These kinds of shows have far more episodes per year, than sitcoms, comedies, etc." None of those are policy based. A no consensus close would have been fine. Also, additional articles were added after it had started and weren't given separate consideration by all the voters (ex. one year of Colbert show episodes). ChildofMidnight (talk) 02:52, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I would overturn and relist, as I don't think the closer was correct in dismissing so many "votes" out of hand. Relist because of the confusion effect of adding new articles halfway through. I'm a strong opponent of articles like this, but process and consensus are important. Stifle (talk) 08:45, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Overturn and Keep despite me voting for deletion. This page was closed as delete despite a 15:8 keep to delete ratio. While AfD is not a vote, I feel that is just too overwhelming to close this as delete. When User:Smashville deleted the articles, he stated that not a single keep vote was in policy, but I would highly disagree with him. I count about seven keep votes that do not mention any policies or guidelines in their answer, but on the other side I count three delete votes that don't cite and policies and guidelines. that still leaves approx. a 8:5 keep to delete ratio. A lot of the keep votes were based on notability and I simply feel that User:Smashville overlooked those arguments and deleted the article based on his personal feelings. Tavix | Talk 15:50, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment My keep vote (like all the rest) was discounted as not referring to a policy or guideline but my reasoning was that the nominator didn't give a reason for deletion so there was nothing really to comment on other than the fact that the nominator wanted the page deleted. Drawn Some (talk) 16:29, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Your comment is spot on. Rlendog (talk) 18:15, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Overturn and Keep There was clearly a majority to keep the articles. A list of episodes is a perfectly legitimate topic uder WP guidelines, even if there's one four days a week. Reywas92Talk 16:29, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- AfDs aren't votes, so a majority doesn't matter, per say CTJF83Talk 17:49, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Overturn to no consensus per Stifle mostly. –Juliancolton | Talk 16:30, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Overturn and Keep. The closing rationale seems to assume that you have link to or quote a policy for your !vote to based on policy. This is simply not the case. There were, as pointed out, numerically more keep !votes, and the keeps managed to demonstrate the possibility for a neutral, well-sourced, verifiable, and notable article. Cool3 (talk) 16:37, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. WP:EPISODE recommends that we need reliable, independent sources on the topic. Unless editors can prove that the show does receive such episodic coverage from the news media, this should remain deleted. There's a danger in thinking that the Tonight Show is notable, Conan is notable, NBC is notable... therefore, a "list of episodes of the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" is also notable. Notability is not inherited; this specific topic needs indepedent coverage on its own to merit inclusion. I don't think the AFD closer made that clear in his closing statement. --Madchester (talk) 16:58, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Of course, as I pointed out in the AfD, it's very easy to find reliable citations for all of the material in the article (guest stars and musical acts). As for reviews, they exist for every episode so far. It's crystal-ballery to say they won't in the future, and as I pointed out in the AfD, nearly every episode of Letterman has real reviews; why would Conan not be the same?
- Reviews of the episode of June 9: [1] [2] [3]
- Reviews of the episode of June 8: [4]
- Reviews of the episode of June 7: No episode
- June 6: No episode
- June 5:[5]
- June 4:[6] [7] [8]
- June 3:[9] [10]
- June 2:[11]
- June 1: [12] [13]
- In short. The keep votes were justified; there are plenty of sources. Cool3 (talk) 18:14, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. I addressed this issue multiple times in the original AFD, yet no editor took the iniative to provide third-party links to each episode of that article. If the article stays, I expect such news articles for each and every episode that's aired, in order to satisfy WP:EPISODE's requirement for independent sources. --Madchester (talk) 21:26, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Overturn and keep - This argument is definitely incorrect. WP:EPISODE states "Once there's enough verifiable information independent of the show itself, then: * Create a page for each series/season, or a 'List of episodes' page with every season/series." Having verifiable information from secondary sources about individual episodes is only required for having separate articles about individual episodes. WolframBerlin (talk) 05:12, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. Actually, the bulk of the guideline stresses the need for reliable, independent, secondary sources - regardless if it's just for the show itself or a specific episode. We don't create entire Wiki artciles that are simply reproducing info from the primary source. --Madchester (talk) 17:42, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Endorse Delete, first of all, ChildofMidnight, I never once said I "didn't like" the list. I was saying that this list will get ridiculously long when Conan has thousands of episodes. This list isn't even a plot summary, like most "List of ___ episodes", it is just a list of guest stars. CTJF83Talk 17:45, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- And a list of guest stars and very longs lists are against WP policy how? This are permittable per WP:EPISODE. Reywas92Talk 19:47, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Overturn and keep - Closing admin claims that none of the 15 keep !votes (against 8 deletes) "were based on policy". That is
blatantly false, as many of the keep !votes and subsequent discussion to replies to those !votes addressed WP:N, WP:EPISODE, WP:NOT and WP:SALAT, to name a few. Further, the nom itself was not based on any policy, but just on a view that the list may become overly long - a view that many of the !keep votes disputed. Rlendog (talk) 18:10, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I would also note that only a single delete !vote was registered subsequent to the Colbert Report list being dumped into this nom. Rlendog (talk) 19:21, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Overturn to keep with extra fish sauce for the closer. Implement the consensus. If you don't like the consensus, then !vote, don't close.—S Marshall Talk/Cont 21:48, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Endorse for lack of sources if nothing else. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 23:29, 10 June 2009 (UTC) Overturn and keep per above, sources were indeed found and I didn't catch them on first glance. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 23:30, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Overturn and keep These are the standard ways to deal with the situation. There is dispute about separate articles for individual episodes, but as for lists of episodes--that is I think accepted by almost everyone. The closer misunderstood the situation. DGG (talk) 00:03, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Overturn (no consensus) Bad close. There was no consensus, rough or otherwise. The closer's action should have been a standard !vote. Don't relist for a month at least. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 11:55, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Overturn (no consensus) arguments on both sides using WP:CRYSTALBALL to discuss availability of sources, there were valid arguments on both sides, and also, clearly, some votes. Bigger digger (talk) 13:09, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Overturn to keep the WP:EPISODE keep votes were justified and subsequently outright ignored by the closing nom as evidenced by his closing comments. Vodello (talk) 17:09, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Overturn to no consensus: goes against the community consensus/understanding that episode lists are a valid compromise between no episode coverage and complete epiosde coverage. Sceptre (talk) 14:01, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Overturn the deletion of List of The Colbert Report episodes (2009) immediately. It was added late to an ongoing discussion of not obviously related articles, and deleted after less than seven days.
(Six, but as long as we're nitpicking about the finer points of policy...) I'm not well read on Wikipedia policies, but I believe this falls under 'If a page was obviously deleted "out of process" ...' in WP:DP. And if it should be deleted, it should be done right and include all years, from 2005 onwards. magetoo 17:06, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- On closer inspection it seems like three days, not six. magetoo 09:37, 14 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Overturn per Sceptre and TPH among others. Icky close. Hobit (talk) 01:15, 14 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Overturn Obviously an error in judgment on the part of Smashville when you have nearly a 2/3 advantage of keeping the articles and deleting them. This isn't a vote, but WP:EPISODE is a valid argument for deletion discussions and it was overlooked and there are reliable sources for The Tonight Show, The Colbert Report, etc. which can satisfy reliable sources and notability. Another error was made in not bothering to check related articles about The Colbert Report when List of The Colbert Report episodes and 4 related season articles still exists, leaving a red link for the latest season. — Moe ε 23:34, 14 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Overturn to no consensus to delete, talk about a horrible close. How do these people become admins? There was clearly no consensus to delete in that AFD. And several of the comments by people arguing to delete were totally ridiculous: "raise potential copyright issues", "very hard to verify", "there are 3,775 episodes", "no plot line to write about", "kill it now while it's still small", "likely going to be hundred of episodes, per year", "this belongs on a fan page", "This has the potential to be an extremely bloated article", "this is useless fan fluff", "I don't see the value", concerned "whether or not it can be backed up by reliable secondary sources.", "A magnet for original research.", "nor is a list of the episodes encyclopedic." And the nominator's reasons were absolutely laughable — "most shows seem to have a list of episodes page....I think this kind of list is a little different, because it isn't a plot summary like other lists of (show) episodes." What kind of nonsense is that? Besides, how many plot summaries do you see in List of The Simpsons episodes, which is a featured article? Does the nominator even know what a talk show is?
And why delete List of The Colbert Report episodes (2009) and leave List of The Colbert Report episodes (2005), List of The Colbert Report episodes (2006), List of The Colbert Report episodes (2007), and List of The Colbert Report episodes (2008)? They're all acceptable sub-articles of List of The Colbert Report episodes. The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and The Colbert Report are all notable televisions shows, and splitting off a list of episodes is perfectly acceptable.
There's no policy against list of episode articles, it's common to have lists of episodes for talk shows rather than individual episode articles (as seen with The Colbert Report), the information is easy to verify, Category:Lists of television series episodes has over 2,200 articles under it[14], WP:EPISODE isn't a policy (or even a notability guideline), and episode articles themselves on Wikipedia have over seven years of precedent per the policy WP:NOT#PAPER. And you absolutely do not need "third-party links" to each episode to "satisfy" WP:EPISODE (although it's easy to link to TV.com if someone insists on them for some strange reason). WP:EPISODE doesn't even address list of episode articles (and it didn't address lists of episodes when Radiant! marked it a guideline all by himself either). That "guideline" doesn't even deserve to be called that. It's clearly breeding a new generation of know-nothing volunteers. It's "guideline" status is disputed[15][16]. Why do people blindly follow some page with no citations, that they don't even know who wrote, simply because the page itself tells you it's a "guideline"? What an ignorant bundled AFD, and equally ignorant closure. --Pixelface (talk) 22:56, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Overturn There was no consensus to delete. Colonel Warden (talk) 22:44, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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