Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Y2K – World in Crisis


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The result was delete. WP:SNOW The Bushranger One ping only 07:52, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Y2K – World in Crisis

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Here's another Warren Chaney related article. Like the others, this makes grandiose claims yet a search provides nothing to show that this film is actually noteworthy. This is extremely sketch when you take into consideration that the article claims that the broadcast of this show won the film studio four Emmys. There's actually no real coverage out there to even confirm that this aired, let alone that it won or was even nominated for an award of this caliber. Even if the Emmys were regional, there'd be some sort of record out there for this film. The best I could find for this was this book note, but gives little information otherwise. I searched using Highbeam and couldn't find anything either and they usually collect news stories from the 90s, especially from outlets that would have recorded Emmy award ceremonies, even if they're regional.

Now granted, this released in 1999/2000, but if something is nationally broadcast and won several awards, there's going to be some sort of records out there to verify that this existed.

When it comes to the sources in the article, the issues here are similar to the other articles. There are plenty of primary sources, links like this one that don't actually mention the film, and other links that just so happen to not have links in the article - meaning that we cannot verify them. These unverifiable sources should be considered immediately suspect and quite possibly fake or unusable, given that the other articles have listed sources from outlets that either don't seem to exist or has never written an article about Chaney.

If by some chance this film does have sources out there, there's no salvaging this article and it'd be far better off to TNT this and start from scratch if that is ever a possibility, especially given that there are concerns of sockpuppetry amidst the other issues. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  00:25, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete per lack of verifiability as explained by nom above. Erik (talk &#124; contrib) (ping me) 00:28, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, these Chaney articles are looking more like a WP:HOAX than anything else. Dbrodbeck (talk) 00:29, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. I don't see significant coverage in reliable sources.  It's not like Dick van Patten and Richard Roundtree are obscure actors.  If reliable sources don't discuss this as part of their filmography, then we really don't have anything to say.  Given the cast and the claimed awards, it's a bit odd that we're having so much trouble finding independent, reliable sources.  If there are sources available for this, I agree that we'd be better starting off from scratch.  There's too much promotion and poor sourcing. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:27, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete per above &mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 03:31, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete as another piece of piece of WP:SELFPROMOTION. Didn't we make it through the Y2K crises 15 years ago? If we didn't how is it that we are editing here? MarnetteD&#124;Talk 05:01, 10 December 2015 (UTC)


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