Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of BBC News Special episodes


 * 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 delete. While it may be useful, consensus is that it doesn't meet criteria for an article. If someone would like to work on this in draftspace to see if it could possibly work for a merger, I have no objection to restoring it there. Star  Mississippi  16:45, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

List of BBC News Special episodes

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The article is a list of special news episodes. I can’t see any sources discussing the list set as a whole, or any basis for our hosting this list as part of an encyclopedia. Does not pass WP:NLIST. Mccapra (talk) 14:27, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 14:27, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 14:27, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 14:27, 21 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep I like to keep it because when people at this article in 10 to 15 years, they know who hosted which broadcast, who was reporting and what was the subject. It can be increased and add references when it comes. College2021 (talk) 18:37, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 12:42, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. I agree with Mccapra: this is a pointless article. Note that the Keep vote comes from creator of the article: it's not surprising that the creator wants to keep it.  Athel cb (talk) 19:29, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Simply not encyclopaedic.  (And also, in my opinion, non-fiction programmes have editions not episodes.)  RobinCarmody (talk) 20:49, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of News media-related deletion discussions. –LaundryPizza03 ( d  c̄ ) 22:22, 21 December 2021 (UTC) *
 * Delete: as per nom, does not meet WP:NLIST. --Whiteguru (talk) 23:14, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep This has the beginnings of an excellent article but it is incomplete and needs references. One option might be to move it into draftspace. Rillington (talk) 14:29, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep per Rillington.  Peter Ormond &#128172;  08:01, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Relisting comment: A lot of the arguments here are of the WP:ITSUSEFUL variety, which is not generally accepted as a good argument at AfD. Relisting to see if there are more on-point arguments to be offered. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, RL0919 (talk) 17:08, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep This can be a useful if somewhat niche list. Remember that Wikipedia has plenty of episode lists for TV shows that are frequently less notable. In it's current state, however, it seems to be very short, and if I have to guess, very incomplete. Per Rillington, maybe moving it to draft space is best. Av &#61; λv (talk) 15:18, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete- While some interesting keep arguments have been made, and I appreciate the work that has gone into this, I really do not see what purpose this serves as a Wikipedia article. Ignoring for the moment the fact that the list is nothing like complete (covering only specials covering a few political events in 2018 and 2019) - there are several other issues to my mind. BBC News Specials are often produced at very short notice and are unscheduled (so getting details of older ones would be challenging) -so an episode guide is an odd thing. The titles vary - it is not like BBC News Special is a brand for a series as I think is being implied here, but something used (inconsistently) to denote special coverage of a major event. Indeed BBC News Special redirects to BBC News - it would be odd to have a list of episodes for something that there is not even an article about! In fact the BBC News article does not even mention news specials, which I think seriously brings into question their importance. Sometimes the specials are just essentially extended news bulletins. I do not see what would set them apart from extended special coverage of any event by BBC news in its history, or ITN for that matter. As I say I appreciate the work that has gone into this, but I don't think it meets notability requirements and has too many other issues which in my view preclude it as a Wikipedia article. Dunarc (talk) 16:30, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete This really isn't a list that we should have; the BBC can, and should, break into programming for major news events, and that's not a surprise or something that needs cataloging. Per WP:NOTTVGUIDE.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 22:36, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep per Rillington. Lots of topics on WP have similar list status. Jimthing (talk) 05:39, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Delete. Really not seeing the notability for each of these special episodes which effectively makes this list non notable. Ajf773 (talk) 21:09, 9 January 2022 (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.