Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Lampoon's Funny Money


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The result was redirect to List of programs broadcast by Game Show Network. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  15:51, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

National Lampoon's Funny Money

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Per WP:NTV: " the presence or absence of reliable sources is more definitive than the geographic range of the program's audience alone[...]a national television program might not be notable if it was cancelled too quickly to have garnered any media coverage." Extensive searching on newspapers.com found only TV Guide listings and "buzz" articles about Jimmy Pardo that only mention the show in passing. Likewise, the two sources I linked at the bottom of the page are also a "buzz" article on Jimmy Pardo that only tangentially mentions the show, and a Variety blurb mentioning an episode count in the greater context of GSN's scheduling.

Everything else I found is merely directory listings (TV.com, IMDb, etc.), message boards, parenthetical mentions in articles about Jimmy Pardo, or Z-list comedians' websites/social media accounts mentioning that they got their 15 minutes of fame by performing on this show. In short, this show seems to have come and gone without anybody noticing. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 06:56, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
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 * Keep The show has an entry in the Encyclopedia of Television Shows. Q.E.D. Andrew🐉(talk) 10:53, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of programs broadcast by Game Show Network, where it is already listed - The entry in the encyclopedia mentioned above consists only of a short paragraph summarizing the basic premise of the game show, which is not particularly in-depth, and provides no real information demonstrating notability. Pretty much all other sources are the same - very brief mentions of the show that prove it existed, but no actual coverage that could sustain an article.  I was initially going to just vote to Delete as I could not find an appropriate place on any of the National Lampoon-related articles that would make sense as a Redirect target, but then I noticed that it is already included in the list of shows broadcast by the network it was on, which seems like it would work as the target of a Redirect.  Rorshacma (talk) 15:30, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * We already have an article which seems quite adequate and so there's no need to find some great tome on the topic to "sustain" some hypothetical, huge screed – "Enough is as good as a feast". The professional encyclopedia demonstrates that a brief entry for this topic is sensible and appropriate and there's no particular need for anything more. Andrew🐉(talk) 15:43, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Except, you know, passing the WP:GNG. Rorshacma (talk) 16:10, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * It easily passes GNG as there are plenty more sources such as Cable Television Prime Time Programming, 1990-2010 and Variety.  Andrew🐉(talk) 17:47, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I am afraid that I can't agree that a single sentence and the schedule for what time it aired can be considered significant coverage. That book is one of the items I was referring to when I referred to sources that have brief mentions that do nothing but prove that WP:ITEXISTS, without actually indicating any notability.  The Variety article was also already mentioned and argued against by the initial nomination, so I was already considering that when I made my comment.Rorshacma (talk) 19:17, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ~ Amkgp  💬  14:45, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
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 * Redirect to List of programs broadcast by Game Show Network per Rorshacma, the sourcing is all blurbs, TV guide listings, and buzz pieces surrounding the start of the show. Not quite WP:SIGCOV. Hog Farm Bacon 15:39, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of programs broadcast by Game Show Network: per above reasons   // Timothy ::  talk  14:18, 21 September 2020 (UTC)


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