Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/You Wrote It, You Watch It


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The result was keep. Liz Read! Talk! 22:43, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

You Wrote It, You Watch It

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Passingly name-dropped many times in relation to its famous host, but notability is WP:NOTINHERITED. Other than a single NYT review I couldn't find anything about this show at all. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 18:46, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 18:46, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep - how did you do WP:BEFORE? It stands to reason if there's a review in the New York Times, then there'd be reviews elsewhere - so concerning that's the only one you found. I checked the LA Times (and only the LA Times), and indeed, there's a review in there on February 13, 1993 - page 78; Stewart is barely mentioned in the article, so it's not about him. Nfitz (talk) 08:29, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
 * WP:BURDEN. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 14:47, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't think, User:TenPoundHammer I've ever seen anyone use Burden as an AFD argument, let alone as a BEFORE technique. That's not really the answer; I'll ask it again. What did you do WP:BEFORE nominating? Also what WP:ATD did you consider? I'd have though there was some very likely Merge targets, such as List of programs broadcast by MTV or Jon Stewart. Nfitz (talk) 16:13, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I found no sources by checking Google Books, Newspapers.com, and archive.org. You claimed you found a source, so add it. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 16:17, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Claimed? Also, see WP:NEXIST. Nfitz (talk) 17:26, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
 * https://www.newspapers.com/search/?query=%22You%20Wrote%20It%20You%20Watch%20It%22%20%22review%22&dr_year=1993-1993 shows results. Name of show, year it was started, and the word "review", and sorting through the first page of results I see Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois) 04 Mar 1993, Thu Page 9 with thousands more reviews to sort through.  Searching for the name of the host instead of the word "review" gives far better results. https://www.newspapers.com/search/?query=%22You%20Wrote%20It%20You%20Watch%20It%22%20%22jon%20stewart%22&dr_year=1993-1993 So ample coverage of it found.   D r e a m Focus  17:39, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
 * The Herald and Review result is from Knight Ridder, therefore meaning it's a press release; i.e., a primary source. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 02:04, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
 * It doesn't read like a press release. The Knight Ridder article says it used to be "the second largest newspaper publisher in the United States, with 32 daily newspaper brands sold."  They published reviews for things in their newspapers.  That does not make it a "press release", since it is independent of the primary source.  I don't see any mention anywhere that they were connected to MTV in any possible way.   D r e a m Focus  06:52, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
 * How does it being written by an award-winning media company that owned dozens of newspapers make it a "press release"? Is Reuters and API also only doing press releases - they don't even own newspapers as far as I know User:TenPoundHammer? Nfitz (talk) 20:33, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
 * That's exactly how press releases work. Reuters and company automatically write blurbs that other papers reprint. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 20:34, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
 * If they do that, I've never noticed - or they use a separately branded operation (I'd think having PRs in addition to news stories would diminish the brand). Either way, I see no indication that article came from a press release. Though surely it's moot given the NYT and LAT times references. Nfitz (talk) 22:52, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep The mentioned LA Times article was easy to find. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-02-13-ca-1189-story.html  D r e a m Focus  17:29, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Good find - I'd searched for something directly on their site, and failed. Nfitz (talk) 17:36, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep - clear keep with LA Times and NY Times articles. matt91486 (talk) 05:22, 1 May 2022 (UTC)


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