Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pyramid (game show) broadcast history


 * 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   merge to Pyramid (game show). / ƒETCH COMMS  /  00:21, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Pyramid (game show) broadcast history

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Way, way, way, way too much WP:IINFO. We don't need a total breakdown of every single thing that happened on the show. Many parts, such as the many pilots, are inherently unverifiable, and other things like "it brought some CBS affiliates back into the fold who had been preempting the first hour of network daytime programming for syndicated talk shows such as Donahue for the past several years." or "where the traditional broadcast and cable outlets fought for smaller slices of an audience pie than was the case in the game's network heyday." are useless fluff that can never be sourced.

I cut down the article by removing a ton of coatrack about the set history, onscreen graphics and theme song, none of which have anything to do with history. What's left is nothing but fanwank that can't possibly be sourced. Pyramid (game show) already covers the relevant parts of the show's history in sufficient detail. Note also that the article has been tagged as "fan's point of view" for one year and "needs more references" since 2008. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 02:14, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, WP:NOTTVGUIDE says Wikipedia is not an electronic program guide, past, present or future. Abductive  (reasoning) 03:16, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge with parent article after a significant further pruning. The chart tells everything necessary (maybe more) about networks and time slots. I agree with TPH that the information about the pilots and the discussion of network programming strategy are unsourceable. Each individual version can probably be described in a sentence or two within the parent article. JTRH (talk) 03:34, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep It's a legitimate spinoff from the article about the longstanding (on and off since 1972) show. Some people enjoy articles with what the nom describes as "way, way, way, way too much information" on the page, and they simply call it "information".  In the case of programs with a long history, articles are spun out for such things as episode guides, lists of characters, and so forth.  It's funny how WP:NOTTVGUIDE redirects to something that makes no mention of either TV or televsion.  Wikipedia is not as heavy on TV show articles as it used to be-- when I first came here, we had lots of articles about individual episodes and biographies about minor or even one-show characters, and relatively few about real events and real people-- and I think that over the last several years, it's become less of a TV guide than it had been.  Mandsford 13:05, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep or Merge, but certainly don't delete. There's a lot of stuff in the article that should be salvaged,provided there be reliable sources to back it up. WP:NOTTVGUIDE does not apply here. Vodello (talk) 16:22, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge The article is very long as it is. It needs it's relevant parts put into the parent article, and that's about it. Nicholasm79 (talk) 20:04, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:50, 28 October 2010 (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.