Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Zone (New Zealand)


 * 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 no consensus. Users in favor of deletion outnumber those leaning toward "keep", but the arguments for retaining the article are a bit better-developed. Overall... no clear result, default to keep. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 22:30, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

The Zone (New Zealand)

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Non-notable TV channel. No independent refs in article. The 'website' doesn't mention the channel. Does no appear to have any original shows. Nothing obvious in google. Stuartyeates (talk) 21:09, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment. A nationally broadcast TV station is surely something we would want to include here? Sky's website does mention the channel as do several independent sources:, , , . A merge to the parent company might make sense but surely deletion isn't the answer here. --Michig (talk) 21:25, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:24, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:24, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:24, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete, as the article fails to establish notability, and looking around doesn't bring up anything that suggests otherwise.  Schwede 66  09:06, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep it passes WP:BROADCAST: "Cable television - Generally, national or regional cable channels are presumed notable." I also added info and sources to show coverage. There are some more links in User:Michig's post here above, and there is more to be found, I suppose. Kraxler (talk) 14:41, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 05:48, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: It's worth noting that all of the coverage in the article right now is launch or pre-launch hype, written prior to the channel actually launching. Stuartyeates (talk) 08:14, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
 * That's correct, but there's WP:BROADCAST, and the sources only re-inforce it. Kraxler (talk) 13:51, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I agree comnpletely. " Generally, national or regional cable channels are presumed notable." and this is the kind of case the 'Generally' was included for. Stuartyeates (talk) 21:35, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JAaron95  Talk   08:18, 2 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep as per Kraxler; It passes WP:BROADCAST and while there isn't much written material on it, New Zealand is a very small nation with a population less than that of Chicagoland. However, there are some related press material, and it is an up-and-running channel in New Zealand--perhaps it is relatively inconsequential for most of the English speaking world, but this channel would be very mainstream in New Zealand, as it is part of the Sky network. Solntsa90 (talk) 09:16, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note that the descriptions the source listed appear to be the cut and pasted from IMBD coupled with standard trailers. This is not in depth coverage in independent sources. Stuartyeates (talk) 10:48, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
 * No need to get het up about one source, there are 5 other sources. Kraxler (talk) 12:52, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
 * This channel is a subset of Sky Television's - it does not even get a mention on NZTV ratings, whereas Sky does. There is nothing about it to make it reach any reasonable notability threshhold. At best it should be merged into the Sky TV article with perhaps at most a sentence about what the Sky Channel covers. NealeFamily (talk) 04:06, 9 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete as not notable in NZ NealeFamily (talk) 09:49, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete as it does not pass the notability threshold.  Schwede 66  22:00, 6 August 2015 (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.