Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2013 New Zealand primetime television schedule


 * 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   keep. The delete side have simply stated a policy but have not elaborated any further. Arry's argument that the table provides relevant information on the TV media in New Zealand as well as the other arguments pointing out that there should be consistency between the countries do, at the very least, have merit. Sjakkalle (Check!)  17:51, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

2013 New Zealand primetime television schedule

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Wikipedia is not an electronic program guide. RNealK (talk) 05:30, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:02, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:02, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:02, 22 February 2013 (UTC)


 * How does New Zealand primetime TV differ from U.S.? See Articles for deletion/The US network TV schedule articles (2nd nomination). postdlf (talk) 19:31, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Those shouldn't exist either, but if they're to be kept, then WP:NOTDIRECTORY needs to be deleted. RNealK (talk) 23:20, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
 * ...or you're simply not interpreting it in accordance with consensus. Do you have any argument to raise against this New Zealand list that would not be applicable to the U.S. lists? Any way to distinguish it at all? postdlf (talk) 00:57, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Conditional Keep First, remove listings of upcoming programs, such as listings of which movie will be broadcast in a given timeslot through the end of March, since that makes the article an electronic TV Guide.  Per WP:NOT, "For example, an article on a radio station should not list upcoming events, current promotions, current schedules, etc., although mention of major events, promotions or historically significant program lists and schedules may be acceptable." Stripped down of listings of particular upcoming or weekly  episodes, this would be an example of  "historically important programming lists and schedules." It would be a useful organizational tool with respect to the articles about the individual programs. It is appropriate to keep this article without needing to change WP:NOT, so long as it is stripped of upcoming programming listings. If there is no consensus to revise the article to resemble the US prime time schedule articles, then I would favor deleting it.  Edison (talk) 04:07, 23 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete wikipedia is not a directory RadioFan (talk) 01:41, 24 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep This article is not intended to be a EPG. It's simply meant to be a resource to show when major television programmes aired in New Zealand. This is meant to be similar to the US TV schedules, which have repetitively been kept from deletion nominations. I think that it is unfair to delete this article when those continuously are kept. However, the NZ article is more in detail than that of the US, but this is simply because NZ scheduling runs a lot differently to US scheduling. This gets even more confusing when most shows follow an episode-after-episode run, yet others last all year, emulating the US broadcast. Additionally, as explained in the article's introduction, series lengths vary widely. This is why the dates when shows air, end and go on hiatus are included. Also, to the point about future listings not be included, only a week ahead is actually listed. When it says 'onwards' that just means as far as programming is known. NZ programming is sporatic, and not predictable, so listings "until the end of March" aren't actually included. The heading January-March is only included because the tables will have to be split into four groups to accommodate the multiple changes to the TV schedule. It should be noted that scheduling settles down considerably in April-June, as 23 episode long seasons last over the entire period. The listings of the week ahead is only included because listings are much more accessible before the scheduled programmes air. If anyone follows the references at the end of the article, you will notice there aren't any retrospective listings (this is part is also why in line references aren't included, as they will become dead links quickly). So yeah, this should be kept as long as its US counterparts are. Arry 20:50, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep Per the strong consensus demonstrated at Articles for deletion/The US network TV schedule articles (2nd nomination). As long as the article is revised per User:Edison, it falls under the "historically significant program lists and schedules" exception in WP:NOTDIR. --Cerebellum (talk) 16:57, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
 * 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.