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The result was merge‎ to TV Nation#Cancellation and post-TV Nation. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:53, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I can't find sources that go in detail about this book beyond "Michael Moore wrote this". Redirect to Michael Moore? Or TV Nation. PARAKANYAA (talk) 11:11, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. PARAKANYAA (talk) 11:11, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment: Here are two sources about the subject:
  1. Deggans, Eric (1998-12-21). "For those TV viewers who can still read" (pages 1 and 2). Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original (pages 1 and 2) on 2024-06-14. Retrieved 2024-06-14 – via Newspapers.com.

     The review notes: "But the story of how Michael Moore got this subversive bit of TV past the media buyers on Madison Avenue and cookie-cutter programers at NBC proves an engaging, delightful story. ... Wondering how Moore put together a story showing New York cabdrivers are more likely to pick up a white guy who served prison time for murder than a black man with a clean record? ... All of these stories and more fill out the pages of Adventures in a TV Nation, a blow-by-blow account of the stories behind the stunts that made TV Nation one of the most entertaining experiments in social criticism around."

  2. This entry in Book Review Index, 1999 Cumulation notes that there was a review in Adventures in a TV Nation in "Ent We - N 27 '98 – p73 [1–50]".

     This entry suggests that Adventures in a TV Nation was reviewed in the 3 July 1998 edition of Entertainment Weekly. This was the home page of Entertainment Weekly in 1999. This is an example book review published on 17 February 1999. I was unable to find a review of Adventures in a TV Nation saved in Internet Archive. I've asked at Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request#1998 book review of Adventures in a TV Nation in Entertainment Weekly for information about this source.

  I support a merge to TV Nation per Wikipedia:Deletion policy#Alternatives to deletion if the book does not meet Wikipedia:Notability (books)#Criteria. The book is about the author Michael Moore's work on the television show TV Nation, so I recommend redirecting to TV Nation#Cancellation and post-TV Nation.

  Cunard (talk) 10:38, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I support adding a mention to TV Nation and merging then (well, basically redirecting). The Tampa source is decent but the other one (as found by the people where you requested it) is only one sentence. PARAKANYAA (talk) 04:03, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Permanent link to the discussion about the Entertainment Weekly article: "The November 27, 1998 review by Bruce Fretts is only 1 sentence long: "In-your-face documentarian and working-class advocate chronicles the development of his late, Emmy-award-winning newsmagazine show"."

I agree with a merge/redirect to TV Nation#Cancellation and post-TV Nation since there is only one good source, which is insufficient for the book to meet Wikipedia:Notability (books)#Criteria. Cunard (talk) 09:12, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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.