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.
I'm nominating this article for deletion. Here's why:
Not all the shows are notable enough to be included on the list. Some of the shows enjoyed short runs and, in all likelihood, are no longer remembered by some Filipinos.
Biased in favor of two channels. Taking a look at the list, it's obvious that this was written by someone who is a Kapuso or a Kapamilya (or a little of both), and then again there are very, very few shows from the other mainstream channels (NBN-4, ABC-5, RPN-9 and IBC-13)
(Corollary to the previous item) If we have to make a list of all Philippine TV shows from all channels, this list will be too long. Listcruft.
(Corollary to the last two items) most of the TV shows are/were broadcast in recent times (as early as the 80's). Since this list does not define a specific time window to the shows that can be listed here, it would be logical to include shows that were shown way, way back when the first Philippine TV broadcasts went live...and this means the 1950s. This would make the list even longer.
Keep because it's highly useful. Though, I believe that it could use improvement. I would like to see it done à la List of American television programs by date which goes back to 1940. --Chris S.01:27, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep remove the foreign shows if you're worried about it being too long, their inclusion is dubious anyway. Notability of individual shows and bias are arguments for cleaning it up, not for deleting it. Demiurge15:05, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep You may have problems with the content, in which case you can delete them. It probably should be divided among shows on the major Phillipine Networks, but doing that should happen first, and this page should disambig from there. FrozenPurpleCube 15:29, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Probably a very incomplete list. How long, for example would "List of U.S. television show" be? or same for British, French, etc. Edison19:21, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
One could also ask, "Why shouldn't most of the other incomplete and arbitrary lists be deleted? The list implies there were only 2 new shows on US tv in 1956, showing the arbitrariness of such lists. (Except for "shows deleted after one episode" and such defined and maintainable lists.) Edison03:06, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Why should they not be deleted? Because they are useful and informative lists, that's why. That some of them are incomplete, especially back in the 50s does not surprise me. It's not arbitrary when someone doesn't know something, just ignorance. That happens. If you see any errors or incomplete information, go ahead and fix them! Wikipedia is not built in a day, and it's not built by deletions. FrozenPurpleCube 14:13, 21 November 2006 (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.