Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Animal Planet Report


 * 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. More coverage found, the community has consensus. Please add the new sources to the article. Less Unless (talk) 20:16, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Animal Planet Report

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WP:BEFORE on Newspapers.com, GNews, GBooks, and ProQuest. yielded extremely few results: press releases, superficial name-drops, and TV Guide listings. It's mentioned in passing in articles about Animal Planet or Michelle Beadle, but these confirm only that the show exists and nothing more. Deprodded without comment. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 23:51, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 23:51, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources. There is an extensive article in Rocky Mount Telegram while the other sources provide less coverage but enough in my opinion to meet Notability.  The article notes: "In a world fraught with war, environmental problems and economic cricses, it's the happy animal stories that make us smile. Every week you and your children can pick up a half-hour of them on the new "Animal Planet Report." The weekly program, hosted by Michelle Beadle, premiered earlier this month and continues every Friday on Animal Planet. It's created in partnership with award-winning journalist Linda Ellerbee and her production company, Lucky Duck Productions. These are the "Hey, Martha" stories of the animal world that make viewers say ... This week your children get to see ..."  The article notes: "A half-hour weekly current events series featuring the latest developments from the natural world, such as a report on the multi-million dollar business that has grown up around wolfwatching in Yellowstone Park, the new frog species found in the rainforests of Sri Lanka and the tale of a baby hippo adopted by a giant tortoise. Presented by Tim Vincent and Maxine Trump."  The article notes: "Cable TV's Animal Planet Monday announced its new "The Animal Planet Report," a half-hour weekly current events series. The show hosted by Michelle Beadle and produced by Linda Ellerbee's Lucky Duck Productions, will bow Friday at 9 p.m. ET, the Silver Spring, Md.-based network said in a news release."  The article notes: "The former Blue Peter presenter Tim Vincent hosts this lively new magazine programme reporting from the animal kingdom. In this first part we meet the three-times winner of the coveted world’s ugliest dog prize, go to the Yellowstone National Park to look at how the reintroduction of wolves has gone, and find out about the Kenyan dog that “adopted” an abandoned human baby."  The article notes: ""Animal Planet Report" (Friday, 9 p.m., Animal Planet). In this half- hour weekly show devoted to animal happenings, host Michelle Beadle tells of a rescued manatee, and how more vets are needed in rural areas. Maggie, an overweight elephant in an Alaskan zoo, gets a diet and exercise regimen - a custom-made treadmill. Let's hope there's enough animal news to keep this show going."  The article notes: "The speedy patas monkey is discussed as well as their ability to reach speeds of 30 miles per hour and a Swiss man gets his weather report from animals."</li> </ol>There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Animal Planet Report to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 05:17, 6 June 2022 (UTC) </li></ul>
 * None of those sources seems particularly substantial to me. Most are just a couple sentence blurbs in "what's on TV tonight" catch-all articles. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 16:40, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
 * There is an extensive article in Rocky Mount Telegram while the other sources provide less coverage. I think there is enough to meet Notability but I view this case as not as strong as some of the other topics. I oppose deletion as a redirect to List of Animal Planet original programming would be a more policy-based approach per Deletion policy. Cunard (talk) 09:22, 8 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Comment: Pinging, who removed the proposed deletion. Cunard (talk) 05:18, 6 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Keep - Sources cited by add up to sufficient coverage to write a short but competent article on the subject and so meets WP:GNG requirements. ~Kvng (talk) 13:09, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep per 's sources. Needs work, but easily meets GNG. Sleddog116 (talk) 18:26, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep oer Cunard.  starship .paint  (exalt) 07:32, 10 June 2022 (UTC)


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