Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Healthful Indian Flavors with Alamelu


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The result was keep. The Bushranger One ping only 09:10, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Healthful Indian Flavors with Alamelu

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over detailed article on local program, which is syndicated only on a minor auxiliary channel. Zero third party references  DGG ( talk ) 00:04, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. North America1000 03:42, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
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 * Keep The programme is, in fact, broadcast throughout the United States on the PBS network, as I have already explained in my edit summary yesterday when I reverted the original nomination. PBS is not a "minor auxiliary channel" but a major national American network. What is an "auxiliary" channel, anyway? And will the nominator please explain how he thinks the article is "too long", as he stated yesterday, or "too detailed" as he claims today? It is not, in fact, a long article, and contains not much detail. There are many much longer and more detailed articles about other programmes. And who decides how long an article about a television programme should be? How long is a piece of string? And if a consensus arises that it is, in fact, too long, will the nominator propose what should be elided? Deletion is not necessary if only pruning is, though I don't believe any is required. There is only a brief description of the programme and of the host, one paragraph each, and a standard list of episodes. What could possibly be removed without damaging the article unnecessarily to fulfil an arbitrary opinion about length? And there certainly are third party references; look again more carefully.    — O'Dea  (talk) 23:27, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep as there appears to be significant coverage, for example through the News link above. --Rubbish computer (Merry Christmas!: ...And a Happy New Year!) 23:31, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:53, 27 December 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:08, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment I suspect that when DGG speaks of an auxiliary channel, he/she means Create (TV network) which actually broadcasts this show. The few sources currently on the article suggest that presenter Alamelu Vairavan is notable by Wikipedia standards, not that the show itself gets significant coverage. Otherwise this is a common stub. Dimadick (talk) 11:04, 3 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep -a quick Google search shows that the show is broadcast through PBS outside of a single region/area, which covers WP:TVSERIES notability criteria: "Generally, an individual radio or television program is likely to be notable if it airs on a network of radio or television stations (either national or regional in scope), or on a cable television network with a national audience." Burroughs&#39;10 (talk) 04:40, 7 January 2016 (UTC)


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