Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Graduation on Deck

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 redirect to List of The Suite Life on Deck episodes#ep71. (non-admin closure) Atmoz (talk) 18:03, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Article contains mainly just plot information, no real-world treatment, doesn't establish notability. (Being the series finale alone does not automatically establish notability) Since i prodded it 7 days ago for failing WP:PLOT the changes have been minor and mainly cosmetic, or in-universe additions. AussieLegend (talk) 07:50, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to List of The Suite Life on Deck episodes It's only 18 minutes longer than a usual episode and we'll be back here in a couple of years not remembering this show actually existed. Only two other SLOD episodes have knocked out actual articles, and those are the pilot and a season finale with a Hannah Montana crossover. Not extraordinary and certainly not on the level of a Cheers or Newhart finale (barely even meets the notability of the Saved by the Bell finale). Nate • (chatter) 23:37, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep There are many many articles on this show ending, including some from TVGuide and TVBytheNumbers. If we can create a solid reception section and clean up the page a little bit, I don't see why it couldn't stay. --DisneyFriends (talk) 19:40, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Those links basically say the finale existed and talk more about the episode's ratings than the episode itself, which is always an anomaly because viewers usually tune in more for finales and are unnaturally promoted to have high ratings. Nate • (chatter) 11:37, 18 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Keep Redirect to List of The Suite Life on Deck episodes#Season_3:_2010-11 I feel that real-world sections can be added and that notability can be established. I had a stronger "keep" opinion before I read the reasons for deletion, though. Although I feel appropriate sections could be added, if no one is going to add them (I don't have time right now, or I would), redirecting is what would be best in my opinion. - Purplewowies (talk) 05:02, 16 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 20:31, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Moderate Keep Redirect As stated above, more notable information will allow this article to be completely sound. However, if this takes an excessive amount of time to gather, then this article could become non-useful. All right, all right, it appears that the only determination we can come to is redirecting the page to List of The Suite Life on Deck episodes#ep71. It would be a shame to trash the information completely, redirecting it would still serve the episode's info a purpose. Also, AussieLegend makes a very solid reason when mentioning the article's notablity as time progresses. ~ Jedi94 (talk) 19:18, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • It has now been 11 days since I prodded the article and 2 since others voted keep for the same reason as you. Still, despite two threats of deletion the changes have been purely cosmetic with no attempts to establish notability. If the information supporting notability is out there, it should have been added by now. With the series now ended, the chance of establishing notability diminishes with every day that passes. Simply voting keep doesn't establish notability and really doesn't carry much weight if nobody actually goes to the trouble to back their vote with actions. --AussieLegend (talk) 07:01, 18 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I'm fine with a redirect, rather than deletion, if that's the outcome of the discussion. The appropriate target though, would be the episode's entry, List of The Suite Life on Deck episodes#ep71, rather than just to the article or the season's section. --AussieLegend (talk) 05:08, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would've said to link directly to the episode, but I didn't know you could do that. - Purplewowies (talk) 06:23, 20 May 2011 (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.