Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mallika-E-Kitchen


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The result was   keep.   A rbitrarily 0   ( talk ) 22:30, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Mallika-E-Kitchen

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Lacks significant coverage in 3rd party sources. Google News search brings up zero hits on the title or variations of the title. Contested prod. RadioFan (talk) 20:31, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  -- - Spaceman  Spiff  23:21, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions.  -- - Spaceman  Spiff  23:22, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and further expand and source a cooking show notable someplace other than the United States... and searchable because of the notability of its host "Mallika Badrinath". When one does G-News search for the name of the show's host, one finds plenty about her, her expertise, and her show . Just a matter of diging.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 07:38, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment these sources might show Mallika Badrinath to be notable, but not this show. Especially since Mallika cooking show brings up zero hits.  Still not finding any significant mention of the show via any Google search.--RadioFan (talk) 13:40, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry that your search was unsuccessful. When I did my own search using ""Mallika Badrinath" + "cooking show", I got a few nice results... including the  Official website, a significant article at ApunKaChoice, and some lessor sources such as Indian Express, Tribune India, Daily Excelsior, APNI TV, Cine Chipz, iBollyTV.  And when I used "Mallika Badrinath" + "Jaya TV" as my terms, I found The Hindu 1, The Hindu 2, The Hindu 3... where it seems Mallika gained exposure as host of the cooking show "Arusuvai Neram" before beginning her LG-sponsered e-channel cooking show last July.  So in considering a notable cook, who had a former cooking show that received significant coverage, and now a new one that is beginning to receive decent coverage,  it would seem worth keeping for proper expanding and sourcing... setting sections for the star's background and how she developed the new e-show... an eventuality that does not require deletion... but would definitely require input from Wikipedians more experienced in that part of the world and its languages.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 05:09, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I found zero results on a Google News search which is generally much more successful in finding reliable sources, the Google web search you linked above produces a number of results but I'm seeing a lot of blogs or primary sources, none of which are appropriate as references and do nothing to establish its notability.  The news paper sources you mention are fine but you'll need to improve the article if you would like to avoid it's deletion.--RadioFan (talk) 13:26, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I suppose it all depends on one's search parameters. I have offered above some of the sources I found in g-news through my own Google-foo. NOTE: I included ones I found that were specifically NOT blogs, and others were offered only to show that a diligent serch finds something more than the asserted "zero hits". Thank you.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 17:05, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I found zero results on a Google News search which is generally much more successful in finding reliable sources, the Google web search you linked above produces a number of results but I'm seeing a lot of blogs or primary sources, none of which are appropriate as references and do nothing to establish its notability.  The news paper sources you mention are fine but you'll need to improve the article if you would like to avoid it's deletion.--RadioFan (talk) 13:26, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I suppose it all depends on one's search parameters. I have offered above some of the sources I found in g-news through my own Google-foo. NOTE: I included ones I found that were specifically NOT blogs, and others were offered only to show that a diligent serch finds something more than the asserted "zero hits". Thank you.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 17:05, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Timotheus Canens (talk) 02:13, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
 * Comment Regarding the external links above, the one from indianexpress.com, Daily Excelsior and Tribune look to be largely from a press release and isn't about the show, it's about a contest sponsored by LG rather than this television program. The article mentioned above here and here are largely about Mallika and also mention what appears to be an infomercial she appeared on, but not the show that is the subject of this AFD.  These make great references to demonstrate the notability of Mallika, but not this show.  It appears that Mallika may be able to meet notability guidelines but the television programs she's appeared on do not have sufficient 3rd party coverage to meet those guidelines. Perhaps the solution is to merge into a biographical article on Mallika.  This article still needs references, it has none.--RadioFan (talk) 12:47, 7 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep per MichaelQSchmidt sources. Probably Mallika per se is more notable than the show, but there is enough third-party coverage to meet WP:GNG. -- Cycl o pia talk  12:58, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
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