Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mr. Monk and the Man Who Shot Santa

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 keep per WP:HEY reasoning. Carlosguitar ^{(ready and willing)} 08:32, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mr. Monk and the Man Who Shot Santa

Delete the series is notable, not every episode is. This isn't.` Carlossuarez46 (talk) 20:30, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
~~Delete or redirect~~ ~~to List of Monk episodes per WP:EPISODE.~~ I checked a couple of Monk episodes, and they all suffer the same problem of non-established notability, hence a major episode merge/redirect discussion might come up soon anyway. – sgeureka ^t•c 20:38, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep now that it meets WP:EPISODE. – sgeureka ^t•c 10:09, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Much as I love Monk and the others, articles about individual episodes of a TV show are a holdover from Wikipedia's start-up days, and are available on other websites. Mandsford (talk) 22:41, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
"Don't Delete" The article has been expanded and if anyone is interested I will expand it more. However, I do see the wisdom of the other users who commented. So I am alright with deletion, but I would like to see it stay and be expanded. Rollo Bay 1758 (talk) 03:06, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You just expanded the plot, which is actually working against WP:NOT#PLOT. To be kept, this article needs to establish notability, which is usually done by having a sourced production section and a reception section. – sgeureka ^t•c 10:37, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and, per sgeureka, consider a wider redirect of the other episodes since there is a general failure to assert real-world notability. Eusebeus (talk) 17:33, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This episode was reviewed by IGN[1]. I still don't understand how a show can be notable but its episodes (which comprise the show) not be notable. The show is nothing but episodes. --Pixelface (talk) 20:25, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Well, My Mother the Car was a highly notable TV show. Its individual episodes, not so much. Of course, that has nothing to do with Monk, whose episodes are each individually viewed by millions and reviewed by multiple critics. Personally, I don't understand how an episode watched by 4.5 million viewers on its first showing is not notable. DHowell (talk) 23:02, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Unlikely search term so no redirect is needed. / edg ☺ ☭ 22:13, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep per significant coverage in multiple reliable sources: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Chicago Daily Herald, CinemaBlend, and BuddyTV. DHowell (talk) 22:35, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Even stronger keep now that I've improved the article by adding sources and sourced information. DHowell (talk) 02:53, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as a non notable episode. All we have is a plot summary and some cut and paste TV Guide reviews. No indication of any non trivial coverage. Nuttah (talk) 13:48, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Seems to be a notable Christmas special for this show, and there are some citations to support this. --Nick Penguin_(contribs) 21:52, 23 December 2007 (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.