Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Adventures of Paddington Bear


 * 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. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:17, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

The Adventures of Paddington Bear

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Poorly written text. The template at the side is easily a lot longer than much of the text on the article. I also don't see much notability here for the TV show to have a seperate article. The original series are indeed notable by far (as well as the character), but the info on this article suggests that this series consisted of only one season (no list of episodes on this page) and only aired for 10 months. Perhaps it could be merged to the Paddington Bear article instead. This article is just a waste of space. trainfan01 21:08, July 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep "Poorly written" is not a proper rationale at all, and I am seeing absolutely no issues with the text (if there is, fix it). It's plain, but it works. And any children's program which airs on several international networks for over 100 episodes always has plenty of notability. Finally the Wikimedia servers aren't groaning from the weight of this properly written 4kb stub, so there is no such wasting of space.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 04:21, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Symbol keep vote.svg Keep I admit, it definitely needs improvement (possibly a merge with Paddington Bear as you suggested), but I don't think it needs to be deleted. Instead, I've tagged it as needing references and expanding. It's not like it was just thrown up by one editor either - it's edit history is extensive and it's been claimed by two wikiprojects. Cheers! ~ Qwerp Qwertus ·  Contact Me  · 04:50, 25 July 2010 (UTC)) (vote moved over from malformed AfD on daily log page -  Nate  • ( chatter ) 05:21, 25 July 2010 (UTC))


 * Keep. The article needs expansion, but it definitely meets WP:GNG. By the way, why doesn't this discussion show up on the main AfD page? Erpert (let's talk about it) 06:30, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. "Poorly written" is not a criterion for deletion. A TV show about Paddington Bear is adequately notable. J I P  &#124; Talk 07:25, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Seems like a case of WP:IDONTLIKEIT to me, rather than an assertion that the topic isn't notable under Wikipedia's broad standards. Generally, any television series that was picked up and shown a nationwide network, whether on broadcast or cable, would be considered notable as long as its existence is verifiable.  In this case, there would have been the additional requirement of purchasing the rights to make a series based on Paddington Bear.  While individual episodes of a TV series are held to a much stricter standard, a series itself is notable, and a stub article is acceptable.  Mandsford 15:39, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep This nomination is just a waste of space. Colonel Warden (talk) 04:09, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:13, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:14, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:OUTCOMES, TV shows which have aired nationally are generally kept, and there seems to be no real inclination to change that trend, no matter how much we all agree that this article needs cleanup. Jclemens (talk) 21:28, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep TV shows are usually deemed notable enough for a wikipedia entry, and this one has even got four entries in different-language wikipedias. – sgeureka t•c 06:45, 27 July 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.