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The result was delete. ✗ plicit 03:58, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
State network
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I rarely bring articles to AfD with as much scorn as the one presented here. It is a definitionally imprecise, source-bare piece of mush that has no place on the encyclopedia. In 1,085 words, it struggles to say what could be said more concisely in one sentence—without an article—and provides poor-quality examples, conflating educational and commercial statewide television services and sometimes considering a "state network" to cover a part of a state, which is an untenable definition. The topic term itself is something of a neologism, being mostly used in the names of entities in television and radio and not as a topic of study itself. Sure, there are statewide public television networks in a variety of US states, but this article is among our worst in broadcasting. It has no place here. It should be deleted. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 03:57, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 03:57, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. – LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄) 04:03, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
- Delete Incoherent WP:OR; WP:SYNTH of different TV stations' histories without a sensible unification except "it serves a sizable chunk of the US"; and I suspect, but can't confirm, that it fails WP:NEO. – LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄) 04:12, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
- Delete I agree, this is WP:NEO, and not actually a thing. Bill Woodcock ( talk) 05:44, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
- Delete You could condense the article to one word—network. It's a article that has no direction, no place for being, and little relevance in the industry at large. — Nathan Obral | he/him • t • c | 06:06, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
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