Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Folk Show


 * 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. Ad Orientem (talk) 00:12, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

The Folk Show

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I found no significant coverage and both references are dead links. SL93 (talk) 21:39, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete. Not only are the references dead links, they are to the web site of the radio station that broadcasts this show, so they wouldn't be independent sources even if we could see them. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 02:53, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment - if the rationale of deleting this article applies, then in my opinion it applies to the vast majority of radio programmes on Wikipedia. The articles regarding radio shows on BBC Radio 2 for example, have no greater depth nor could they be described as any more 'notable' than the article discussed. Also in my opinion any description in the context of a local radio show is also flawed, as The Folk Show has a wide listenership throughout the UK and overseas through it's transmission over the internet, and as such is important within the context of Celtic culture see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJKcURVhoxY. It is part of the Category:Manx Radio programmes and also the Category:British music radio programmes, and as such fits the context of those categories. The article also conforms to the WikiProject Isle of Man. Harvey Milligan (talk) 19:29, 16 June 2017. (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ad Orientem (talk) 23:37, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Retain. I have now repaired the links, so the references are now verifiable. I have also added citations which are independent of Manx Radio itself. This should answer Metropolitan90's argument for the page's deletion. I would also like to see the page retained for the reasons stated by Harvey Milligan: it is notable within the context of the Isle of Man, and it is a part of a wider series articles related to categories such as Category:Manx Radio programmes. I would hope that more pages will be created for this category in future. Manx James (talk) 20:13, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment. I would like to know whether the book cited in the article now, The Nation's Station by Derek Winterbottom, discusses this radio show or whether it is just being cited to establish that Manx Radio is a commercial station. If the book discusses "The Folk Show", then it ought to be cited to support other information in the article, but if it doesn't discuss "The Folk Show", then it's not particularly significant as a source here. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 01:43, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment/response. The book was cited to establish that Manx Radio is a commercial station. It is, indeed, not particularly significant as a source in this article as a whole, but the statement seemed in need of a citation, and the book looked the best one available. Manx James (talk) 15:00, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. I don't know why so many people bother to try to write articles for Wikipedia, when such evident editorial arrogance clearly exists! Terry Dench 05:30 25 June. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.120.148.49 (talk) 05:38, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment. I would suggest that thanks to the added links from Manx James the initial rationale for deletion (which in my opinion was tenuous at best) no longer applies. As stated previously, the article conforms to various criteria, one of which is the category: Manx Radio Programmes, which is currently being enhanced by further additions (see: Claare ny Gael). Harvey Milligan (talk) 15:04, 26 June 2017. (UTC)


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