Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/UCTV (University of Connecticut)

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 consensus. Discarding the last "keep", we are still at 2:1. Sandstein 06:36, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

UCTV (University of Connecticut)

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UCTV is a college tv station. The article does not meet WP:GNG. Other than a segment on Bill O'Reilly's show in 2002 (see WP:NOTNEWS), I don't see anything other than local coverage (90% of which is from the college newspaper). It also does not appear that the tv station is available anywhere except the campus cable systems. Rusf10 (talk) 17:56, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 18:45, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Connecticut-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 18:45, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well, UCTV had a series in 2002 that created a media storm that lasted a few weeks. Some other series have drawn outside attention. One on Zomies in 2011 ZOMBIES AT UCONN: CAMPUS AWASH WITH UNDEAD FOR COLLEGE TV SERIES DEBUTING THURSDAY; 'THE SURVIVORS'], Hartford Courant, 2011. Another in 2008-9 on Hip Hop music that was certainly shown on TV in Bridgeport - on the far side of the state from this university - and that did get coverage in the press in that county and city. The show Live! with Pete Finch, was borught to AfD at the same time this station was, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Live! with Pete Finch. I think it makes sense to Redirect the UCTV program Live! with Pete Finch to UCTV and keep this article.E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:50, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The 2002 media stories and the 2011 Hartford Courant article are enough to slide this past WP:GNG. Also, it's worth noting that the campus newspaper is journalistically independnent of the university, though whether that's enough to qualify it for WP:RS, I don't know. Smartyllama (talk) 15:00, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The school newspaper should not be considered independent for purposes of establishing notability, since they are the school newspaper they are going to cover anything that happens at the school, plus they have a very small audience. Also, other than the one segment by Bill O'reilly, did anyone cover the 2002 story nationally?--Rusf10 (talk) 18:30, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I googled "I Did Your Mother" but it's a very dark minefield that I don't really want to navigate through to see if I can find anything that's actually about the show. If someone more brave than me wants to, go ahead. Smartyllama (talk) 23:55, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:48, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Oh, WP:HEY, I did add SIGCOV of the controversy surrounding that show in the major regional daily to the page. And note that Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Live! with Pete Finch recently closed with a consensus to redirect here.E.M.Gregory (talk) 21:03, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Again all you found were highly local sources, nothing that meets WP:AUD which is applicable here since this is an organization. Also, the result of WP:Articles for deletion/Live! with Pete Finch is irrelevant, an existence of a redirect is not a valid reason to keep an article.--Rusf10 (talk) 23:59, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Coverage in newspapers on the other side of the state like Connecticut Post, and Fairfield County Weekly is not "highly local". Moreover, the Hartford Courant is the large statewide daily, not the newspaper in the college town. Other sources turn up in quick searches, like a discussion of one aspect of the station's fundraising in Student Television in America: Channels of Change. a 1998 book published by Iowa State University Press. E.M.Gregory (talk) 00:58, 4 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-administrator comment)@E.M.Gregory: I tweaked your post a bit just so that its more consistent with the type of formatting used in AfDs like this. (Not sure why you linked to the article Keep). Also, please be careful to only WP:!VOTE once in a discussion. You already seem to have !voted keep above. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:11, 4 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

sorry, that was careless. I had not bolded that keep, and didn't spot it when I revisited.E.M.Gregory (talk) 00:58, 4 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 07:23, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. --Doncram (talk) 10:02, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Why? see WP:VOTE (unsigned by User:Rusf10)

Because it is obvious. See the discussion above. --Doncram (talk) 03:29, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

So, basically as long as the article is kept, any reason is a good reason, aka WP:ILIKEIT--Rusf10 (talk) 05:29, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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