Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Category:Shows by network


 * 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 to delete. BD2412 T 16:25, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Category:Shows by network
Following the precedent at Votes for deletion/Category:Films by studio (includes links to related discussions), I think Category:Shows by network should also be deleted for the same reasons: the business relationships under which shows have been created or distributed is a useful way for Wikipedia to index encyclopedic coverage of the television industry, but this has no relevance for finding or characterizing quotations. Note: This VfD is intended to include all subcategories as well. — Ningauble (talk) 13:44, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 14:00, 10 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete as nom. (Worse, there has often been confusion about whether this category is used to identify the network for which a show was originally produced, or on which it first aired, or whether it is used to indicate where a show is currently being broadcast or syndicated: Wikiquote is not an index to source availability.) ~ Ningauble (talk) 13:44, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep: I am torn on this one. On the one hand, I understand your point about the confusion regarding the proper application of this category. But on the other hand, I think it is entirely useful to identify shows such as The Sopranos as an HBO show or ER as an NBC show. And my understanding of the category is that it should be applied to the network of origin for the shows (i.e. even though a show like The Simpsons may show up on a number of networks now that it is syndicated, it should be classified as a FOX show.) I am also less inclined to equate this with the Films by studio discussion - in my mind, the TV network on which a show starts is more relevant as a category than the studio that produces a film. Saying that a TV show comes from HBO definitely implies something about the show (and that implication is much less in my mind if you say that a film comes from, say Paramount Studios). There was certainly also a time when saying that a show aired on FOX meant something compared to one that aired on one of the "Big Three" ( a certain edginess or pushing the envelope a bit). To me, while there is also much fluff in this category (meaning that many of the cited "networks" do not offer much to me - and maybe I would be more inclined to trim out some of the less used ones), I do see value in it. ~ UDScott (talk) 13:58, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete I don't see this as being very useful outside its country of origin. Categories by country would be useful.--Abramsky (talk) 11:35, 4 July 2013 (UTC)