Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of anime series by episode count


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The result was speedy keep, it's snowing. (NAC) --Jmundo (talk) 23:41, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

List of anime series by episode count

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Redundant list to List of television programs by episode count. Remurmur (talk) 02:36, 9 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment. Might I point out that Anime is not the same as TV programs? They're not really redundant... D ARTH P ANDA duel 03:06, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Except that every anime show in this list is also at List of television programs by episode count (excluding the OVAs).--Remurmur (talk) 03:17, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd argue that anime series deserve their own list because of its difference from most TV series. I personally wouldn't be against a merge into a list named "List of animated television series by episode count", but that's just me. D ARTH P ANDA duel 04:08, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Um, yes they are the same.  TJ   Spyke   03:19, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry if you think that, but they're not entirely. Like Remurmur said, anime is a subcategory of TV programs. D ARTH P ANDA duel 04:08, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Redundant per nom. Why not "List of sitcoms by episode count" or "List of dramas by episode count"?  TJ   Spyke   03:19, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, why not? No, seriously, I'm asking.  208.245.87.2 (talk) 14:58, 9 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep A list of shows concentrating on a specific medium is not suddenly redundant just because there is a larger list for all medium. A larger "universal" list does not offer relevance to articles within wp:Anime's scope and provides no context for it. This list maintained by the same project does. Dandy Sephy (talk) 03:56, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and change the generic television list to only include shows with 500+ episodes. Not only would that eliminate almost all overlap, but it would reduce a range of series lengths which is far too wide, IMO. When the top series on the list has over 30,000 episodes, it seems a little absurd to have the bottom of the list be 150 episodes. ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjoe 03:58, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. It contains not just television, but also direct to video series, and it seems useful to have this separate list per Dandy Sephy.--ragesoss (talk) 04:00, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions.   —··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjoe 04:00, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.   —··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjoe 04:02, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions.   —··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjoe 04:02, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep: List of anime series by episode count can be understood as a spin-out of the anime article's hypothetical section "Long running anime series". That section would have at its top: . That link could not be replaced with  without a loss of quality of the encyclopedia. List of anime series by episode count may be redundant to List of television programs by episode count in terms of contents, but not in terms of functionality. -- Goodraise (talk) 07:06, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment: I would like to point out that the television list is also sortable by genre, allowing one to view a list of just the anime mentions.--Remurmur (talk) 07:14, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I noticed that. It makes no difference. As long as I can't redirect at List of television programs by episode count, so that it gives me anything close to what I get when I click on List of anime series by episode count now, I won't accept List of anime series by episode count as redundant. -- If we delete a fictional character as being redundant to an entry in a list of characters, then I can replace that character with a redirect to that list entry. In this case, that's not possible. That's why List of anime series by episode count isn't redundant. -- If you find a way to do just that, I'll change my !vote to "redirect". -- Goodraise (talk) 07:24, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Includes OAV/OVA which cannot be defined as television series by default. Shrumster (talk) 07:17, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * If OVA's are not considered episodes, then they shouldn't be mentioned in any list on episode counts (that seems pretty obvious).  TJ   Spyke   18:58, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * They are considered episodes, but they are not television episodes. Hence Shrumster's clarification. ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjoe 19:31, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Shrunster said that OVAs are not television series, not that they aren't or don't have episodes. No one here (or anywhere, for that matter) is going to argue that OVAs don't have episodes, so your argument there just falls apart. 「ダイノ ガイ 千 ？！」(Dinoguy1000) 19:37, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 08:27, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per Nihonjoe, Ragesoss, and Goodraise. AFAIK, there is no policy or guideline which actively discourages content duplication of this nature (content forks are discouraged, but this is hardly a fork - this list was started and is actively maintained separately from the main television programs list). 「ダイノ ガイ 千 ？！」(Dinoguy1000) 19:37, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Until December 22 when copied the entries from this list, List of science fiction film and television series by lengths, and List of longest running U.S. syndicated television series into List of television programs by episode count. without any discussion, all of these lists contained separate data. It's dubious to merge these lists like that and then put the original lists up for deletion. --Farix (Talk) 23:17, 9 January 2009 (UTC)


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