Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Math Country

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The result was keep. RL0919 (talk) 21:30, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Math Country

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Single-market show, unlikely to be notable. De-prodded with a source added, but it's from the market the show aired in. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 21:15, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 21:15, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Education, Mathematics, and Kentucky. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 22:39, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Kentucky Educational Television#Former programming. While not notable itself, the show is not mentioned at the target yet and there is an obvious slot to place it. Felix QW (talk) 09:05, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep "the source is in a market the show aired in" is not a deletion criteria. Artw (talk) 20:28, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
1. Brown, Ann (1978-01-07). "Madisonville youth to star in KET series". The Messenger. Archived from the original on 2022-05-29. Retrieved 2022-05-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  The article notes: "The series of programs, called Math Country, will be filmed in color, and used in teaching math to second and third grade students across the state, beginning in September of this year, Lawrence Holden, KET producer said today. Math Country teaches by dramatic and comic example rather than by the use of a teacher on television, Holden said. ... The three young parts in Math Country were cast after a state-wide Talent Search conducted by KET in October of 1977, when hundreds of children auditioned for the parts at eight locations over the state. Over 140 child actors were finalists and had their auditions recorded by KET. Many will have small parts in the series."
2. "Nine To 15 Year Olds Sought For KET Series". The Dawson Springs Progress. 1977-10-06. Archived from the original on 2022-05-29. Retrieved 2022-05-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  The article notes: "Currently in pre-production, "Math Country" is a multi-part dramatic series which will be used as an educational supplement by second- and third-grade mathematics students in Kentucky. "Math Country" tells the story of Carol Hardway and her two children, Martha and Jerry. The family lives on a farm owned by Cousin Lionel Hardway, a 12-year-old millionaire banker who does not have an understanding of math."
3. "Students Star In New Program". The Advocate-Messenger. 1978-06-04. Archived from the original on 2022-05-29. Retrieved 2022-05-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  The article notes: "The day is gray and rainy. Inside an old barn where a scene from KET's newest in-school production, "Math Country," is being taped, it's damp. Pigeons squawk from the rafters while below, the director of the series discusses the next shot with his crew. Three teenage actors climb on hay bales, laughing and joking with one another while awaiting the next scene. It's a typical day on location."
4. Reed, David (1977-09-29). "KET offers parts to aspiring thespians". Lexington Herald-Leader. Archived from the original on 2022-05-29. Retrieved 2022-05-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  The article notes: "The three regular roles open are Jerry Hardway, a scout who likes being outdoors and is very much like most youngsters; Martha Hardway, an athlete and similar ot most youngsters; and Lionel Hardway, a 12-year-old millionaire banker, totally ignorant of math and who doesn't want to learn anything. Also available are supporting roles such as classmates, children next door and visitors to "Math Country."
5. Film & Video Review Index. Pasadena, California: Audio-Visual Associates. 1979. p. 1631. Retrieved 2022-05-29 – via Internet Archive.
  According to one of the first pages of the book, the index "contains reviews and award citations for the many formats of film, videorecordings, and television programming".The book notes: "Math Country [TV] Kentucky Educational TV Series 1979 15M (each of 30). Agency for Instructinal TV Newsletter 10:2 Win/Spr79".
  This confirms that Math Country was reviewed in the Agency for Instructional TV Newsletter published by the Agency for Instructional Television.
6. Furtaw, Julia C., ed. (1992). The Video Source Book: A Guide to Approximately 126,000 Programs Currently Available on Video From More than 1,500 Sources (13 ed.). Detroit: Gale. p. 1631. ISBN 0-8103-6979-6. ISSN 0748-0881 . Retrieved 2022-05-29 – via Internet Archive. {{cite book}}: Check |issn= value (help); no-break space character in |issn= at position 10 (help)
  The book notes: "Math Country. Mathematics. 15 mins.; Beta, VHS, 3/4U; 30 progs. A series that places special emphasis on additional and subtraction operations, and on geometric and numerical patterns. Ideal for second and third graders."
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Math Country to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 10:42, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Pinging Donaldd23 (talk · contribs), who removed the proposed deletion. Cunard (talk) 10:42, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the citations listed by Cunard. DonaldD23 talk to me 11:58, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Shout out to Cunard for once again providing such an excellent analysis of sources, which have again persuaded me notability is sufficient to warrant inclusion. MaxnaCarter (talk) 07:34, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Cunard has found and presented clear evidence that the television show is notable. Dream Focus 20:41, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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