Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fox affiliate switches of 1994


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The result was Keep. SynergeticMaggot 00:59, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Fox affiliate switches of 1994
At best this is a 'graph or two in the Fox Broadcasting Company and New World Communications articles as well as a mention in the individual station articles. In addition it is in violation of the [WP:NOR]], seems to deal a bit in speculation. But wait there is more, since there is no mention of a source of any kind and also could be seen as violating WP:NPOV. There was an article like this, which may have been deleted, which linked a whole series of unrelated television affiliation switches in the 1990s together. I can't think of the name of it, but it was a whole lot of unsources assumptions as this is. Plus it reads like an opinion peice. TV Newser 19:19, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep and clean up. WP:OR, WP:NPOV and WP:V are all violated. Still, I can't help but think that a big network TV business deal is encyclopedic and just needs cleanup. Poor form is not a cause for deletion. SliceNYC 00:19, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep and clean up per above. --CFIF (talk to me) 10:24, 17 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep, clean up per SliceNYC. Baseball,Baby!   balls  •  strikes  22:23, 18 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep I wrote the article and I will do the best job I can to find the problems with the page and edit them so that it can stay on the site. I feel that the Fox deal to buy New World and Burnham stations is of such magnitude that it deserves its own page.  Without the NFL deal, there are no station upgrades, and without the upgrades, Fox is not in the same league as ABC, CBS and NBC.  Frankly, I am very surprised that someone wants to delete the page.


 * As for the WP:NOR, OK, TV Newser has a point. However, I have decided to unify what was already here onto a single page, so people don't have to click around from place to place.  As for WP:NPOV, I simply thought it was a consensus that the deals lifted Fox to its current level.  Many things back up this opinion, including the ratings of American Idol.  Even 10 years ago, to have the top-rated show on American TV on a network other than ABC, CBS or NBC would have been inconceivable.


 * Lack of sources? I tried to make up for them by including some "see also" links.  Just about the only way to access newspaper articles from 1994 is to use a paid archive service.  Otherwise, the best you can do is Google some of the applicable entries and try to find sites that archive old newspaper stories and put them online.


 * Whoever called a WP:V on me, I don't understand why. All of this info is correct and there is no intention to defraud anyone or promote anything.


 * Thank you.--Desmond Hobson 22:21, 18 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Merge It seems as a speedbump in the history of the stations, networks, and broadcast groups involved and not something that needs its own article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tube Sock (talk • contribs)
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