Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pilot (The Nanny)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.  

The result was keep. Majorly (talk) 18:18, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Pilot (The Nanny)

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This article should be deleted as it is an article of a single episode of a TV series - therefore (in my opinion) is notable enough to have an article on its own. The information contained within this article is quite similar to that of the actual The Nanny (TV series) article, with a few exceptions. It is my opinion that this article should be deleted, or have its contents summarised, and added to The Nanny (TV series) - creating a redirect. Chrisch 13:38, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Even though many other shows have articles about individual episodes I would agree that there is no need for this article as it s simalar to the main TV show article. Tarret 14:11, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
 * DO NOT delete There is no reason why this article should be deleted. As Tarret said, many other TV shows have individual episode articles and I plan to create more articles for The Nanny episodes. If need be, this article can be expanded on. Kogsquinge 01:41, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment/question to administrators: Just wondering, what is the official Wikipedia policy on articles written about individual episodes of (long running) television series'? It just seems that contents of such articles could be summarised in about a sentence or so on the proper article about the entire TV series, rather than having potentially hundreds of articles relating to each show on television... I'm just asking this because the article's creator is making more articles of this type (such as Smoke Gets in Your Lies, My Fair Nanny, and The Nuchslep, so I think we need an administrator's opinion on what should happen to articles of this nature.

A guideline has been created about the TV series "Lost", and it is quoted below:

"In lieu of Episodes of Lost (season X), Lost season X may be created, consisting of a summary of the main themes and developments of the season, for the reader who wants a broad overview before diving into the individual articles. These season wraparound articles should be relatively brief, link to the individual episode articles where appropriate, and should not attempt to summarize individual episodes but rather emphasize broad themes, plot arcs and character developments." (copied from here)

Should this be applied to The Nanny as well? Chrisch 12:30, 2 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep. Individual episodes of notable series deserve coverage here, as long as they are handled in encyclopedic fashion. There is, in fact, an entire Wikiproject dedicated to such: WikiProject Television episodes. A lot of the discussion behind the formation of the consensus can be found here and here. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 21:52, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per precedent toward keeping TV episodes, especially from notable series. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  17:42, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. --badlydrawnjeff talk 12:51, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - TV episodes are encyclopaedic and of interest to a very wide spectrum of our readers, i can't see ANY reason at all to delete this. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 13:35, 5 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep - Standard TV episode page. Nothing wrong with that. - Peregrine Fisher 19:46, 5 January 2007 (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.