Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Game show (disambiguation)

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The result was keep. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 07:54, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Game show (disambiguation)

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Unnecessary DAB page. First two entries are not titled Game show, they are a single word. Second two just start with "Game Show" and there is no evidence that they are referred to just as 'game show.' DAB pages are not meant to be a collection of articles which start with a phrase. As such, none of the entries are proper and the DAB pages is unneeded. ‡ Єl Cid of ᐺalencia ^ᐐT₳LKᐬ 17:01, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:21, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

• Weak Keep, or possibly weak move to Gameshow (disambiguation). Keep Your concerns about the final two entries are justified, but the first, inline, entry on game shows is legitimate, and there is no other disambiguation page for the first two bulleted, single word entries. There should probably be some page to disambiguate Gameshow (magazine), Gameshow (album), and the general concept of a Game show. I am only voting weak keep however, since it would also be acceptable to use these as hatnotes. MarginalCost (talk) 17:36, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

  Changing to full keep after Clarityfiend's changes. MarginalCost (talk) 22:08, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

• Keep. I've deleted one and added one. It's plausible for Game Show Network to be shortened to Game Show, and there are three other legit entries. Clarityfiend (talk) 19:32, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

er... where do you get the idea that it’s possible someone would shorten the game show network to game show? It doesn’t make any logical sense to do so. Further you don’t address why it wouldn’t make more sense to move the page to Gameshow ‡ Єl Cid of ᐺalencia ^ᐐT₳LKᐬ 22:18, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

The CW Television Network, shortened to The CW; Soul of the South Network, shortened to Soul of the South in this Variety article. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:51, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

• DELETE - Per WP:DABLINK usage guidelines, it is '…Preferable not to add disambiguation links to a page whose name already clearly distinguishes itself from the generic term.' The articles named here are distinct enough that they would not be confused. Two asides: First, if the page was necessary then it would be fine if it contained both 'game show' and 'gameshow' as per WP:DABCOMBINE which provides the example of 'eagle nest' and 'eaglenest' (and more); Second, the 'network' should be removed, per WP:PARTIAL. Otherwise, you'd need multiple DAB pages just for entries such as 'school' or 'book', but those pages are very limited. Finally, the general concept of 'game show' should be addressed on the 'game show' page, not a disambiguation page. ogenstein (talk) 04:51, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
• Keep. This seems like a useful page, and it is not unreasonable to disambiguate "Game show" and "Gameshow" together (especially when Gameshow redirects to Game show). Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 20:00, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
• Keep, per what Shhhnotsoloud is saying. Davidgoodheart (talk) 09:22, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
• Keep. Valid dab page. Too many entries to cover using hatnotes. --Michig (talk) 07:39, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

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.