Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of reality television series notable for negative reception


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The result was   delete. -- RoySmith (talk) 06:30, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

List of reality television series notable for negative reception

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I don't see how this list can ever be appropriate encyclopedic content, since "notable for negative reception" is a purely subjective judgement. I doubt there has ever been a TV series (or book, or movie...) in history that didn't get at least some negative reviews (here's a frothingly bad review of Citizen Kane by the highly-respected Erich von Stroheim, for instance). This pseudo-article is just a WP:COATRACK of cherry-picked negative reviews. Articles such as List of films considered the worst are appropriate because every entry has a citation to a notable critic saying that it is the worst thing they've ever seen, but this is effectively just List of TV shows that someone, somewhere, wrote a bad review of. Mogism (talk) 17:41, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete If we're being subjective and personal I would say this could easily be renamed "Genre I hate", but here we need to be neutral. Everyone hates something; American Idol even has negative reception. This is a completely subjective list that can never have reliable sources as to notoriety, and there's always somebody out there who happens to think H8R and The Swan are perfectly fine series they enjoy.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 18:24, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
 * There are similar articles about songs w/ overwhelmingly negative receptions (which all have pretty reliable sources to back them up criticism wise) as well as video games and films respectively. Would you prefer to have those particular articles to be deleted just as well?  And there's a difference between something that's a perennial ratings winner like American Idol (thus, even if it has some sort of negative reception it isn't virtually universal and has some redeeming values none the less) and something that! BornonJune8 (talk) 12:00 AM, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:49, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:49, 27 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete, practically per WP:RUNOFTHEMILL, because reality television series often get a lot of (at times well-deserved) hate. List of reality television series notable for positive reception could be intriguing, however. --BDD (talk) 18:36, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep, only a similar reaction on a least notable reception in short-lived reality TV series and article has plenty of references. ApprenticeFan  work 13:16, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:NOR violation, not a topic for WP:GNG outside the gossip tabloids. Secret account 03:09, 1 February 2014 (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.