Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time


 * 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. General consensus. (non-admin closure) Nightfury 10:22, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time

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Overwhelming precedent that Jeopardy! one-time special event tournaments and annual tournaments do not meet guidelines for inclusion.

Article is a summary of a special event one-time tournament episodes of a game show. While Jeopardy! is a widely notable television show and part of pop culture, a single four-episode tournament held once during a series of 8,000+ episodes does not meet WP:N. Subject is adequately covered in List of Jeopardy! tournaments and events. AldezD (talk) 17:25, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
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 * Merge and redirect The title is a searchable term. But more can be said in the target article (the list of J! tournaments) about this, such as a bit more detail on the format. Don't need all the tables though. --M asem (t) 17:35, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of Jeopardy! tournaments and events per nom and previous AFDs for Jeopardy! tournaments. Possibly expand the text in that section slightly.  Other than recentism, there isn't much that makes this tournament different than the other tournaments that have been deleted/redirected.  Frank Anchor Talk 17:56, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Vote changed to keep per other keep votes below. There is significant, non-routine coverage from many of the top news outlets, resulting in a clear pass of WP:GNG.  This differs from other tournaments more than I had asserted last week, including the 1990s "Super Jeopardy!" event.  There propably could be a reduction in content, but the topic is notable enough for a standalone article.  Frank Anchor Talk 13:12, 11 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep Definitely passes WP:GNG and WP:NTV and unlike the Jeopardy! tournaments that aired as part of the syndicated show itself, this tournament was a completely separate new ABC primetime series and ranked as one of the top entertainment programs this broadcast season. - Brojam (talk) 02:30, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Articles for deletion/Super Jeopardy! was a one-time Jeopardy! tournament that aired on ABC primetime. One-time game show tournaments do not meet guidelines for inclusion as a stand-alone article. AldezD (talk) 16:06, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. Passes WP:GNG for sure. This event was widely covered in the news and widely discussed on social media. A simple Google search returns pages and pages of news stories about this tournament. It's debatably the single biggest event in the entire history of the show. In fact, I was surprised to see that none of the other big tournaments had articles of their own or were deleted. Obviously the annual Teen Tournament, Teachers Tournament, etc. would not be suitable for inclusion, but a single tournament honoring the greatest of all time the likes of which will probably never be seen again definitely is.  Event horizon51  (talk) 18:47, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect The precedent is really quite clear, even if this Tournament were qualititatively different from the others, which it doesn't appear to be. There could definitely be more content in the appropriate section on the list article, however. A lot of the detail here should be folded into there. Bbadjosh (talk) 07:12, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep - Look, I can appreciate that fanboys take tournament pages too far at Wikipedia, but when you have CNN COVERING IT and CNBC COVERING IT as news, you have a case of a GNG-passing event. Carrite (talk) 10:57, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge and Redirect - Even if the page in a vacuum meets WP:GNG, in the context of the other Jeopardy articles on Wikipedia, the Greatest of All Time tournament isn't significantly different enough from other special Jeopardy events to warrant a separate page from the list of all Jeopardy tournaments and events. Upon reviewing WP:PAGEDECIDE, the Greatest of All Time page would be better served within the context of the other Jeopardy tournements. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 14:02, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Vote changed to keep since GNG should take precedence over the other notability guidelines. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 00:21, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, 78.26  (spin me / revolutions) 16:35, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep: This tournament was clearly special, and different from other Jeopardy tournaments because:
 * It aired on prime-time, with an hour-length episode over four nights. I believe that this is the only time Jeopardy had a prime-time "special".
 * It was widely covered by the press, as seen in the 27 sources currently used in the article, including The New York Times. I'm sure there are dozens of other examples of mass-media coverage, specifically about this event (not about Jeopardy events in general), and the only reason they're not in the article now is that they would be redundant.
 * It made Ken Jennings the highest-earning American game show contestant of all time.
 * It's literally called The Greatest of All Time.
 * It is a clear standout that does not deserve to be relegated to a list that includes the Teen Tournaments and Senior Tournaments. -- Toughpigs (talk) 19:47, 11 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep: If it passes the GNG, it gets to stay (although I may be mistaken). I don't know WHAT in the world Qwaiiplayer is on about.Americanfreedom (talk)
 * Keep: certainly notable as a special series featuring its most successful players, 2602:306:CE95:57B0:B048:E4EB:68E5:B608 (talk) 03:07, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep with prejudice. J. Myrle Fuller (talk) 17:20, 12 March 2020 (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.