Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Worst-Case Scenario series

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.  Sandstein  06:35, 1 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Worst-Case Scenario series

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Fails WP:NBOOK and has been tagged as advertising for five years. If it can't be improved, then it is inherently promotional for the book series and should be deleted. Bri (talk) 15:14, 8 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:08, 8 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Well-known book series, but this article needs a desperate WP:RESCUE. Yeah, it inspired some cable shows, but this basically gives us a product guide, a definition for what the concept was and nothing more. No improvement in ten years (and even after the 2010 series) so it might be time for those interested in this article to get it sourced or see it deleted. Nate • (chatter) 22:00, 8 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: I don't think that the article is as bad as all that. It's not really promotional per se, just more of a bare bones list of the content that has been released so far in the series. I suppose someone could argue that this is a bit of a catalog in that regards, but there are no links to the product page and it's expected on Wikipedia that we would have a list of content released in a specific series. I would argue that the best case scenario here (pun intended) is to merge the content from the TV series into this article (which I'll do shortly) and keep this article as a whole. Sure, it needs more TLC but the article isn't so bad that it needs to be TNT'd and it does seem to meet notability guidelines as a whole, since there was a TV series based on the book series. It only ran for one season apparently, but it does look like the book series is notable. I just think that deleting this outright just isn't really the best option here. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:38, 10 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. The series as a whole is notable, given the two tv series and the plethora of reviews and articles that are out there. I've added a few here, but you can find still more by looking at Highbeam. The page isn't inherently promotional and I've added enough sourcing to justify the series passing notability guidelines. I've also merged the content from the two TV series since there's really not much to justify them having individual pages, given the limited information at either entry. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 06:12, 10 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, J947 00:22, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:22, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, J947 06:21, 24 March 2017 (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.
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