Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of programs broadcast by Colors


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The result was withdrawn. (Non-admin closure) §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 06:42, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

List of programs broadcast by Colors

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This is an unsourced list of shows broadcast on Colors (TV channel), past and present. Recommending deletion as this is a directory listing in violation of WP:NOTDIR, with the list being tagged as unsourced since September 2013 as secondary rationale. Regards, Yamaguchi先生 (talk) 20:21, 16 July 2015 (UTC)


 * comment it seems to be a pretty standard category (List of programs broadcast by NBC, List of programmes broadcast by Comedy Central (UK and Ireland), List of programs broadcast by CTV and CTV Two )etc, (that are pretty standardly insufficiently sourced). In concept I think that the subject is very likely that if one were looking in the right place one would find sourcing of analysts discussing the programming and evolution of programming as the channels establish their "brand" and the "brand" evolves over time. --  TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom  21:01, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. &mdash;&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·E·C) 03:05, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. &mdash;&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·E·C) 03:06, 17 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep, as noted by TRPoD, it is standard to index notable television series by their network of original broadcast. These are not "directory listings" but are rather of historical value, being a significant fact about both the series and the networks that satisfies WP:LISTPURP and WP:CLN (as a complement to Category:Colors (TV channel) series), not to mention fully compliant with WP:NOTDIR as per its intro ("Wikipedia encompasses many lists of links to articles within Wikipedia that are used for internal organization or to describe a notable subject. In that sense, Wikipedia functions as an index or directory of its own content.") and item 4 ("historically significant program lists and schedules may be acceptable"). This misconception unfortunately recurs periodically. Nominators really need to read the whole text (not to mention look at general practice) before concluding something is "in violation" of it, and not just latch on to key words or catchphrases. postdlf (talk) 17:10, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
 * postdlf, as you have motioned to keep, do you have access to reliable sources to support the existence of this particular list? Regards, Yamaguchi先生 (talk) 17:44, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
 * How would it be possible that the notable network of origin for notable series would be unverifiable? The very first entry even has an official page on the Colors website, which is linked in its article. Did you even look? Walk us through what you did per WP:BEFORE. postdlf (talk) 17:57, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:12, 18 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep: Lousy deletion rationale for a list with so many blue links. Now sourced for the sake of sourcing. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 04:48, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Withdrawn. Sources have been provided and I do agree that there is some value in a historical list of programs.  If there are no other concerns I believe this may now be closed.  Thank you to everyone who provided their input.  Regards, Yamaguchi先生 (talk) 23:06, 22 July 2015 (UTC)


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