Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Is It Legal? episodes (2nd nomination)


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The result was   keep. -- Cirt (talk) 05:03, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

List of Is It Legal? episodes
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Entirely unreferenced, full of original research and unverified 'facts', no evidence of notability beyond the parent subject of the sitcom itself ╟─ Treasury Tag ►  secretariat  ─╢ 10:41, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:Source list, unless there are reliable sources which can be used to independently verify the information in the list. --Anthem of joy (talk) 11:47, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep, notwithstanding the poor current state and non-standard formatting. Episode lists of notable TV series such as this are standard split-offs from the parent article, as was noted in the first AFD for this list, which was also started by the same nom.  It's disappointing to see that the list really hasn't improved much in the meantime, but it's still fixable by editing, and basic information such as the episode title, writing and directing credits, and original airdates are all verifiable.  Whether the episodes are notable "beyond the parent subject of the sitcom itself" is irrelevant (to the extent that's even a coherent analysis), at least when we're not talking about articles about individual episodes.  See, e.g., List of Carnivàle episodes, List of Peep Show episodes, List of Moonlighting episodes, or List of 24 episodes: all FA-class lists of episodes of which apparently none merit individual articles.  Clearly the essay WP:NOTINHERITED is not a meaningful or consensus-supported argument against lists of this kind.  postdlf (talk) 15:19, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:59, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:00, 8 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep per Postdif. Jclemens (talk) 03:34, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - while not all lists of sitcoms are notable, this one is, because it was long-running and award-winning. A spin-off for all the episodes is reasonable.  It could be sourced. Bearian (talk) 21:10, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
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