Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon Episodes

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 delete. Although it took a while to be made clear, it appears this article consists mostly of original research if not stuff (like the episode titles) that is just made up out of thin air. Verifiability is important enough to be considered one of the five pillars of Wikipedia, and it seems that this content cannot be verified. Beeblebrox (talk) 16:58, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List of Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon Episodes

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There is no need of such article, because it's incomplete and it's almost impossible to list and summarize 192-odd episodes (still counting). Titles are fan made, very unlikely that summaries have any sort of correctness. Main article is victimized by a troop of fans. Non-maintainable. — Bill william compton^Talk 05:42, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Fan-made, unreferenced plot-only summaries edited mostly by a handful of editors who only ever edit this article and the article about the show itself. Wikipedia is not a fansite or the TV listings. JIP | Talk 07:19, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:08, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:09, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:09, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This may be appropriate for some other wiki sites, but not Wikipedia. To editors of this article: Please look into wikia.com This may be a better fit there. The Determinator p t c 19:00, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Crap! -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 12:34, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:17, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisting comment. I do not see any real arguments for deletion here. ("crap" is not a deletion rationale) Can somebody please explain why this episode list can't be fixed through the normal editing process? --Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:21, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The serial itself is not extremely famous as such. The name given to the episodes are just someone's imagination. Its a Hindi Soap which will most likely last for years. Given its 5 days per week schedule its gonna gather episodes in few hundreds. If the list continues, it might as well be called Script of Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon. And its crap in not the sense you linked but in the sense that it is "Something that is rubbish; nonsense" -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 10:13, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep I know that "there's other articles like it" isn't a good rationale, but it's no worse an argument than much of the debate. And there are a lot of articles on not particularly well-known TV shows, like (chosen purely at random) List of Boy Meets World episodes (which has citations for some ratings info but not to any of the plot summaries). These lists can be hard to reference, although plenty of publications and websites do publish episode summaries of certain shows. But in the absence of someone pointing to actual Wikipedia policy against it, I don't see grounds to delete. Being complete or easy to update is not a requirement for a list. --Colapeninsula (talk) 17:27, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Indian television shows don't have any ratings, directors, writers, viewership, etc for any particular episode. You'll never find any reliable source to cite. There's no need to point any specific Wikipedia policy as this article is unencyclopaedic, what possible knowledge you gain from this? even these summaries are not correct. Please mention those "plenty of publications and websites" which publish episode summaries of this show, you won't find anything. I'm repeating my point that this article is unencyclopaedic because it doesn't add anything to your knowledge. — Bill william compton^Talk 17:50, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

adds nothing to your knowledge.??..what does this [here] or [here] adds to your knowledge or is it just that this are english language shows and this being hindi show does not meet your criteria--Brat tariq (talk) 15:52, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It has nothing to do with English/Hindi or any regional bias. Article like List of Friends episodes has ample of content, like it has DVD release dates, original titles of episodes (not the imagination of any user), directors and writers names, production numbers, and Nielsen ratings. Article has plenty of references. So, this article adds much to your knowledge. Actually, this article is an explanatory example of an ideal list. — Bill william compton^Talk 16:25, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The example which Colapeninsula gave of Boy Meets World has official episode titles. This show doesnt have that. As Bill william compton said, Indian shows will not have episode wise ratings or viewership rates. Believe me, Indian shows go on & on & on & on. This fan who is maintaining this page will some day loose interest in this show & this list will just stay as it is. -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 18:14, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete unnecessary, unsourced fancruft. Sparthorse (talk) 07:03, 14 March 2012 (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.