Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Teletubbies 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 keep and cleanup. Evidence suggests article needs cleanup, but nominator provided no reason for deletion. Almost all other editors agreed this was a topic worth keeping.- Mgm|(talk) 11:25, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

List of Teletubbies episodes


Come on, people. This article is pretty pointless. It's incomplete, and simply a mess. Not wikipedia quality in any way, shape, or form. Chaz 00:09, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep It obviously needs a great deal of work, but that's not a deletion rationale. Danny Lilithborne 00:28, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, with a LOT of cleanup. Yes, it may be very messy, but it could be expanded and cleaned up. &mdash;The Gr e at Llamamoo? 00:30, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge to Teletubbies. Article isn't too large to have an episode list in it.  And remove the apparent future episode. JulesH 00:34, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep just because it sucks doesn't mean it shouldn't be here †he Bread  01:14, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep I agree with Bread. :-)  --MonkeyTimeBoy 01:35, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 *  Delete Bye-Bye ! If any real content happens to come along any time soon, merge it to Teletubbies. Aside from the obvious errors here, (two pilot episodes, and an upcoming 2008 season?), I seriously doubt there's actually enough distinction in the plotlines of a show aimed at one-year-olds to merit documenting each individual episode, much less a list of them.  Wavy G 01:49, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge to Teletubbies, I agree fully with JulesH. PKT 01:57, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Userfy to the originator. I wouldn't mind seeing it stand alone once it's closer to a complete sea of blue. Anybody want to AfD the already blue-linked articles in the list? B.Wind 02:00, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge to the main article. Dahn 02:02, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge to Teletubbies. Purest evil, but it's notable enough.  --Dennisthe2 03:28, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * delete- not nearly complete enough to merge, let alone keep. Sfacets 03:38, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep. The article needs to be cleaned up, not deleted or merged. Having a separate episode guide list for such a popular show is perfectly encyclopedic and obvious. Highfructosecornsyrup 03:41, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, just because an article is in bad shape that means you can just send it to AFD or prod. Needs lots of expansion and cleanup. Ter e nce Ong 04:56, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge with the individual episode articles. Teletubbies episodes are most definitely not notable enough for seperate articles. -Amarkov blahedits 05:53, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge with individual articles? I'm confused by this.  Wavy G 07:02, 29 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Merge to Teletubbies. Episode guides on a minor childrens TV show does not warrant own article. Article contains no real info other than names, since the pages about the episodes themselves have not been created (and should not be). --Fred McGarry 10:33, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * A minor children's TV show. The bloody thing is shown across the world and translated in I don't know how many languages. That's not minor. If you meant minor as referring to the children (children are always minors) I don't see any reason to treat it different than a show for adults. - Mgm|(talk) 11:19, 29 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Merge to Teletubbies until it contains enough information about the episodes in question (merge episodes to the list if that is needed to get some substance). - Mgm|(talk) 11:19, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak keep per precedent. There's an entire wikiproject devoted to television episode lists, and there are episode list articles for shows with only a few episodes. Expand and clean-up, obviously. 23skidoo 14:02, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge Although it would be perfectly ok as a stand alone article, Would be best as a part of the main article.Dolive21 14:39, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per precedent towards having episode lists of notable shows. While it was a silly kids' show, it certainly was successful in a number of countries.  The current article is a total mess though, with several obviously fake episodes ("The Death of Po") and wrong names for some of the real ones.  I deleted a linked hoax article about a supposedly "adult" episode with sexual content. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  15:27, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. The show is notable enough to warrant a seperate episode list.-- T o  m I edit my userpage too much, 17:20, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Update Okay, after looking into this, I discovered that, not only is this list here completely inaccurate, but it is about 1/20th of the actual list. Tv.com lists a whopping 340 episodes!  Most of the titles given here are wrong, and it is clear the article was written in jest.  I suggest a complete rewrite, and changing my vote to Keep.  Even without descriptions, I think with 300-some episodes, just a list of the episode titles/airdates/etc is enough to warrant a separate article. Wavy G 17:36, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * By the way, I am suggesting keeping and rewriting the list, NOT redlinking 340 potential episode articles.
 * Agreed. What rivetting plot concepts could you actually have on the episode articles?? Eps 1 - Lala & Twinky run around a large green field. Eps 2 - Lala & Po run around a large green field. Eps 3 - All three run around a large green field jumping into holes. Eps 4 - The same three wonder where the gay one has gotten to... Etc etc etc... ;) So yes, only rewrite the list... Spawn Man 23:16, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Can I argue for keep and for the page to be blanked? Nothing on this page is verifiable, and I suspect much of it is made up. WP:V is the "threshold for inclusion" in Wikipedia, and nothing here meets that standard. The topic is worthy of a page, though. There are episode guides for far less prominent shows. --Walor 22:05, 29 November 2006 (UTC) Change to full keep now that edits have been made. --Walor 06:48, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The article can be edited, and its contents completely replaced, during the next seven days while it is on AFD. Alternatively the outcome is unlikely to preclude a list of this type, merely this incarnation of it, as several comments above object to the inaccuracy more than the subject matter. That will be up to the closing administrator to clarify, though, if needed. -- nae'blis 22:51, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep lists of episodes seem to be common enough, and are better then actually having 320 teletubby articles. *shutter*. ---J.S (T/C) 22:57, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Awww, big hug keep - Man I could have really gone to town coming up with ways to say to delete this article, but alas, I must settle for a keep as it was a pretty famous (although absolutely rubbish) show. Spawn Man 23:11, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep and blank. Incredibly notable television show, should have an episode list on Wiki. Cleanup is needed of course, but being shitty is not a reason for deletion. --- RockMFR 23:44, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: I fixed up the list some. Threw it into a table and got some better data from eofftv.com and tv.com. I'll leave the date wiki-linking to someone with AWB running. ---J.S  (T/C) 00:23, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Ugg... I feel wikidirty for working on a teletubbies article. *shutter* ---J.S (T/C) 00:50, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Isn't it *shudder*? Unless there's a new emotion I don't know about lol... ;) Spawn Man 01:09, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Good work, J.S. I think that's pretty much all that can be done at this point, other than maybe breaking it down by season.  And somebody track down the joker who put up the original 16-episode list and give him a smart pounding for duping an entire group of adults into wasting this much time discussing it on Afd. Wavy G 01:40, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * No, mechanically engineer a television into his chest & make him watch days of our lives performed by teletubbies. Will certainly drive him & anyone near him in a 1 kiliometre radius completely mad... ;) Spawn Man 01:43, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Apparently, it was this guy, well known for adding false information, focusing primarily on child-oriented subjects (kinda creepy). Wavy G 02:23, 30 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep or split individual articles. Poeple above said what I needed to. --badlydrawnjeff talk 19:33, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep: it's a notable show, and if we're going to have things like List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes and (more analogously) List of Barney & Friends episodes and videos, there's no reason not to keep this. Heimstern Läufer 20:15, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment This AfD was suggested before the current content of the article--when it was nothing but a list of 16 or 17 episodes, most of which were worded wrong, or just outright joke entries. The article has since been fixed.  Just FYI Wavy G 08:34, 3 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep except there are a few mistakes on this page. The second episode of the show is called Our Pig Winnie except when you click on the page it comes up as being called Piggy Winne. This makes no sense... Debaser23 09:42, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Currently completely unreferenced, and thus unverifiable. Weak keep, based on precedent, if verifiable, reliable sources can be provided; otherwise delete per WP:V. -- The Anome 10:06, 5 December 2006 (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.