Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Evening Magazine San Francisco episode descriptions for 1976


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The result was delete. Note that several commenters have suggested finding other homes for this information. Options for that might include Wikia, and/or other resources, see also Alternative outlets. joe deckertalk 17:52, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

Evening Magazine San Francisco episode descriptions for 1976

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Clearly violates NOTDIRECTORY, even if properly linked. this is trivial information, as none of these episodes are cited as having been individually notable. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 15:51, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete I just don't see how this is notable; I don't think the program itself is hugely notable. It just doesn't belong in an encyclopedia. White Arabian Filly  Neigh 18:10, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Deltesta (talk) 03:22, 12 June 2016 (UTC) I ask for the patience of the editors. I am happy to adapt the Evening Magazine content to appropriate format per their suggestions, but I must argue firmly in the validity and usefulness of the information I hope to present.

Again, Evening Magazine certainly had more innovation and is of greater historical importance than any of the sitcoms (i.e. "Eight is Enough", "Happy Days") catalogued in extensive detail on Wikipedia with ample summaries of episodes. If Wikipedia's editors won't consider this information for inclusion, then I would suggest that they go through each similar article and suggest that the episode summaries be edited out as well, out of fairness.

For a cultural historian of food, or movies, or computer history, this is core information...when did sushi go mainstream? In about 1977, from San Francisco, as noted in "Evening Magazine" in San Francisco and rebroadcast by the "Evening Magazine" syndicates created in 13 other US cities. When do Silicon Valley inventors become media stars? It all happened on Evening Magazine first...televised interviews with Wozniak, Jobs, Noyce all occur first, or nearly first, with Evening Magazine.

For someone interested in the history of television in the post-1969 Fairness Act era, in which local content became a requirement, having 14 years of episode content could provide an exceedingly rich resource, the kind of resource to which users of Wikipedia turn, especially since it is grounded entirely in the core source of TV information, TV Guide. As I noted elsewhere, this program pioneered for mainstream media hand-held video cameras, field editing of video for broadcast, the host-hostess dyad of entertainment shows (like "Entertainment Tonight," which drew inspiration directly from "Evening Magazine"'s format). One can easily detect the post-1987 corporatization of the program following the repeal of the Fairness Act.

It took me three years to transfer all the data. It is useful information, especially once I help clean up the core "Evening Magazine" article.
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. NewYorkActuary (talk) 04:34, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
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 * Delete This is exactly what WP is not... --Randykitty (talk) 08:12, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete If I were the editor that added this info, I would upload it somewhere else (it IS useful) and then add a link to the External Links section of Evening Magazine. LAroboGuy (talk) 21:29, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - this is simply not encyclopaedic. I am unsure how it might be classified but it would probably fit better in a blog somewhere- certainly not here.  Velella  Velella Talk 21:33, 17 June 2016 (UTC)


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