Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The 2017 Boston TV affiliate realignment


 * 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 delete. Coverage does not appear to exceed WP:ROUTINE and WP:LOCAL. Mkdw talk 04:39, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

The 2017 Boston TV affiliate realignment

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Does not meet notability. TV stations change affiliations all the time. WhiskeyIndianKiloAlphaZulu (talk) 00:24, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete: this page is not necessary. J4lambert (talk) 13:37, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete: per nom. 71.43.67.114 (talk)
 * Keep: There is significant independent coverage provided on a local and national level to justify this being included in Wikipedia. YborCityJohn (talk) 01:01, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment: If you are going to search on various sources including Bing, Google and Yahoo etc... the majority of the coverage can be found by using the keywords NBC, WHDH, WNEU and Boston. YborCityJohn (talk) 01:30, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete Proper article is already being hashed out in userspace on User:Raymie/NBC Boston; this topic is easily dealt with as is in that sandbox, WHDH (TV) and WNEU quite fine, and this one reads as a poor-quality compilation of what's been posted to the news rumor boards and sites (nobody calls anything "Upper Connecticut", WVIT, which is closer to the western part of Massachusetts has nothing to do with Boston's issues, and WJAR covers the entirety of Rhode Island).  Nate  • ( chatter ) 01:50, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment: First let me say I disagree with you strongly that it reads as a poor compilation. Honestly after reading Raymie's version it really... really doesn't cut the mustard because you want to talk about being poorly written? It starts out talking about NECN and Telemundo Boston which has NOTHING to do with why WHDH is losing its affiliation, Raymie's version never mentions that the discord between WHDH/Sunbeam Television and NBC actually started because of NBC yanking WSVN in Miami's affiliation and the fact that NBC has sourgrapes because their attempts to purchase WHDH have been rebuffed by Sunbeam and Ed Ansin. Also the fact that Raymie clearly has taken the link reference from this article for their article (Can you say plagiarism?) YborCityJohn (talk) 02:23, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Response Raymie started the NBC Boston draft three days ago before today's creation of this; no theft of anything took place. And in the eyes of known sources, the 'sour grapes' of an incident from 28 years ago cannot be proven. We deal with known sources, not speculation. Also, it's in a sandbox state because it's known it's not a prime draft for article space. This article is complete spec at this point.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 04:56, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Reply: What the hell? Plagiarism? YborCityJohn, you're aware that Wikipedia's open license means that anyone can use any content that appears here, right?   Ravenswing   04:15, 13 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete: seems like an ephemeral event that won't merit a Wikipedia article on it continuing to exist 5 or 10 years down the line. Blythwood (talk) 07:26, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. North America1000 14:07, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. North America1000 14:08, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions. North America1000 14:08, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
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 * Delete: I completely agree that this is an ephemeral, local non-event best dealt with in the articles for the stations in question, and that anyone advocating keep needs to review WP:LASTING, WP:ROUTINE and WP:GEOSCOPE.   Ravenswing   04:15, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete as mentioned, perhaps unlikely to become a better solid article. SwisterTwister   talk  05:57, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:Routine Realignments of local channels is a regular event and not notable....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 11:43, 14 January 2016 (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.