Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Local channel availability on Dish Network and DirecTV

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The result was no consensus. good discussion, but no prevailing consensus Nja²⁴⁷ 10:32, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Local channel availability on Dish Network and DirecTV

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Appears to be a violation of CSD G11, but I'm not sure enough for it to go to CSD, so I'm bringing it here for conversation. Looks like blatant advertsing for Dish Network and DirecTV but I could be wrong. Frmatt (talk) 04:35, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This will be a side-by-side comparison of high definition and standard definition local channel availability on Dish Network and DirecTV. It will take a very long time to complete because there are 210 media markets in the United States and there are many different sources to gather the information. It may not appear that there are sources on the article, but I can assure everyone that at some point there will be lots of sources, but it will take some time. There is no "magic" source of all local channel availability on Dish and Direct, so I am posting the new link on the Dish Network and DirecTV article and I'm asking people to expand on it with as much knowledge as possible. Kingofdawild166 (talk) 21:57, 4 August 2009

Weak keep Racepacket (talk) 05:04, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Title makes no sense, ambiguous. Perhaps rephrase is in order —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kewingk (talk • contribs) 05:11, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Not TV Guide. -SpacemanSpiff^{Calvin‡Hobbes} 05:58, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep that it will take a long time to finish is not a reason against starting. We normally consider lists of stations in a network encyclopedic ,and this is just a slight extension of that. We have List of DirecTV channels, for example. It will need updating frequently, but so do many media articles. A TV guide is a list of programs in detail for specific days. DGG (talk) 07:41, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Having considered Kingofdawild and DGG's comments, I'm actually hoping that I can withdraw this nomination as I wasn't fully aware that we had lists like this. If there is an admin who could tell me if this is possible (and if so, how to do it) then I'd greatly appreciate it! Frmatt (talk) 08:32, 6 August 2009 (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.