Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of generalist television channels
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- 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. Consensus is to delete. "Why didn't you nominate X?" does not include any actual argument to keep. Doczilla Ohhhhhh, no! 07:02, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
List of generalist television channels
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"Generalist TV channel" lacks a clear definition which seems that LOTS of TV channels can fall into that list. Coddlebean (talk) 06:51, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Coddlebean (talk) 06:51, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. jolielover♥talk 07:02, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
- Speedy keep. If you think the term lacks a clear definition, why are you nominating this list and not "Generalist channel"? --Moscow Connection (talk) 11:28, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
- Delete The term isn't well defined and this list just seems to be a generic list of broadcast stations and networks; term might be more familiar in Europe but isn't really known elsewhere. Nathannah • 📮 19:32, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
- Delete In the article defining what this is it says that generalist television channels "account for 70 percent of global television market volume". If 70% of all channels are in this vague category, too much to put on a list and no real purpose for it. Dream Focus 20:04, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
- Delete- The way I see this is even though the term Generalist channel does have its article established, the issue here is more of who gets to verify/qualify these "generalist channels" to make the actual cut into this list? a brief check into the citations here does not exactly help the qualification process. Would not be opposed to draftify as an ATD if reasonable enough rationale or SIGCOV sources can be presented to support the existence of this list.Lorraine Crane (talk) 10:11, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
- Delete. Agree with above comment that the category is too broad and vague. Probably better served by a category tag rather than a list article. Cielquiparle (talk) 05:27, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
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