Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Where in the World Is Matt Lauer?


 * 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 redirect to Today (U.S. TV program). If anyone wants to merge what little substantial content there is, they're free to do so. Mr.Z-man 21:21, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Where in the World Is Matt Lauer?

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Little references and most of the article is one section (Matt's Travel Locations). Little evidence of WP:NOTABILITY, it's just a segment on the Today show. StewdioMACK (talk) 08:41, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. S.G.(GH) ping! 09:01, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:55, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Keep it!! just because you don't like it dose not meen you can delete it Jena  (talk) 14:57, 6 December 2014 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 09:24, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep A good, quick reference for people who are into the Today Show.-- TMD   Talk Page.  15:49, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Well... the issue isn't whether or not the page would be useful or if someone didn't like it (WP:ITSUSEFUL, WP:ILIKEIT), but whether or not the section has received enough focus to where it'd really merit an article outside of the main one for the Today Show. You have to show coverage that is independent of Today or anyone else involved with the segment, which is often extremely difficult for any television show- even Saturday Night Live and Mad TV has difficulty in proving notability for repeat sketch characters, and some of these are immediately recognizable sketches that are infamous but haven't received coverage in reliable sources. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   20:17, 13 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Merge and redirect to Today_(U.S._TV_program). The problem here is that while the Today show is notable and I've heard of this segment, there just isn't any coverage for this segment to show that it's individually notable of the show or of Lauer... and that's what we need for it to merit its own article. I do think that there is merit in having a section about the various segments that the show has had, but I don't see where this passes GNG to where it'd need its own article. A few sentences are enough to give the gist of the segment- everything else would be seen as fairly WP:INDISCRIMINATE as far as the overall gist of the segment goes, as there's no real reason to list everywhere that Lauer went. In this instance this would be better off on a fan wikia than Wikipedia. This just isn't what Wikipedia is for. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   20:22, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Merge to Today_(U.S._TV_program) or Delete. I agree with the reasoning of Tokyogirl79, but I don't think that a redirect is entirely appropriate. Care must be taken on the merger not to give undue weight to this new, and ephemeral, segment. --Bejnar (talk) 21:16, 23 December 2014 (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.