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 Deal, Delete ~ trialsanderrors 17:39, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Deal or No Deal, Season 1 (US)[edit]

A list of game show episodes isn't needed. Look at the detail of each episode: it just describes what the models wear, guest stars (which is only once in a while), and what the contestant won. Purely fancruft. If we had an article for each season of a long running game show such as Price as Right, Wikipedia would be flooded with useless information such as Bob Barker wore a brown suit and so on. RobJ1981 18:22, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Keep. Remove excess information if necessary, but a season of this show is notable in its own right, and the season page is preferable to dozens of episode pages. Just because it's a bit crufty doesn't mean it can't be cleaned up. --Czj 18:26, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The show has regularly ranked in the top twenty U.S. broadcast network shows since its inception and has been widely discussed by reliable sources of all kinds. The material meets any reasonable notability standard. There's no justification for deleting this article while leaving in place many other episode-list articles, often for shows with smaller audiences. Casey Abell 18:59, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: I mean come on having a list of Star Trek episodes is one thing but a listing of a gameshow. Think about it if you cut out the excess you'd have nothing at all.Deathawk 20:27, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Strong delete. There is absolutely nothing here but trivia and original research. The show is notable, but individual episodes absolutely are not. What next, List of Countdown Conundrums? — Haeleth Talk 22:53, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. There is other seasons for Deal or No Deal on Wikipedia. I don't know how to do a mass afd, so could someone do it? There is Deal or No Deal, Season 2 (US) for the U.S version, and 3 articles for the UK version (one for each season).RobJ1981 23:49, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Nominate the others too. Game shows don't need different articles for each season (the same thing with news show, sports show, even wrestling shows). TJ Spyke 00:35, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Anything notable about the season can be mentioned in a few sentences in the main article for the game show. I hope we don't have to have an article for every season of every game show. The Price is Right has been on 5o years, and has only 4 articles, one for each new version of the show. The edisode descriptions do not cite a source other than the show for the descriptions. Edison 03:23, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Why is this even being argued? There shouldn't be an article for seasons of a Game Show. Delete it. It has no value. What's gonna be on the page, the dialogue? the contestants? -69.67.234.9 03:28, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Quick Keep -- all other series have episode guides, and this one is no exception. -- azumanga 12:49, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Question. So any article should be kept because other articles exist, then? -- Mikeblas 15:14, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - Response -- To be blunt, if this episode guide goes, then all others should go. It's as simple as that. -- azumanga 17:48, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    - Response Episode guides for series which tell a story are one thing - such pages can display information about important story developments in each episode. But that's very different to a page that does little more than describing the wardrobe worn by the ladies holding briefcases.--Tiberius47 13:01, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This content isn't encyclopedic, nor is it notable. -- Mikeblas 15:14, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Response -- Deal or No Deal's not notable? Episode details not encyclopedic? You HAVE to be kidding me. True -- some improvements need to be made, but wholesale deletion is not the answer. -- azumanga 17:48, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Response -- I second that!
Quick Keep -- As above, other episode guides exist. There are some very interesting details here. People are editing and reading it. Are we ready to delete other episode guides and episode articles, such as every episode article for Seinfeld, the show about nothing? User101010 18:06, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment — I have one of two suggestions here. Either:
- Keep and edit it down to the basic information (e.g., who won what and a brief summation of the game). Agree that there is no need to write down such minute details as what the models wore (unless it particularly stands out); the summaries themselves are too long. In the season 1 guide, I had edited down the summaries because of this very problem, which is one of (I'm sure) several reasons why this article was afd. — Now have to change to delete, since the Season 2 guide has been deleted; one goes with the other, I guess. That said, a comment: Is there a precedence we're setting here? If yes, then this overall subject would probably be a good idea for discussion on another venue; if not, then I suppose not. Thanks anyhow, and remember the new TVIV wiki episode guide for this program, where I sense this may belong. [[Briguy52748 03:52, 29 November 2006 (UTC)]][reply]
- Move content (or rewrite it) to [TVIV wiki]. Again, the same standard would apply.

All this counts as just one vote. [[Briguy52748 19:19, 21 November 2006 (UTC)]][reply]

Quick Keep - This has already been reduced in size; why remove it now?
Strong Keep All other tv shows have episode guides and Deal or No Deal is one of the most popular TV shows in the World. 24.226.160.237
Keep or transwiki per above. Please note 1 vs. 100 is also up for deletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AMK152 (talk • contribs)

Strong Delete - This is just trivia. One entry for the show describing the format and perhaps the most notable deals would be sufficient. Pete Fenelon 01:07, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. MER-C 13:04, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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