Talk:Rick Mercer's Monday Report

VfD listing

(it was decided to keep)

• Monday Report - from Cleanup. Reads like a press release, about a TV show to be aired in 2004. Secretlondon 14:26, Nov 20, 2003 (UTC)
  • From Wikipedia:Cleanup:
    • Monday Report
    • - reads like a press release Secretlondon
    • - Bah, it isn't even on the air yet. It's an ad. I vote for deletion, it can come back when some people have seen it. Tualha
      • I'd previously fixed it to not be a press release, and I've reverted to that revision. Keep. Morwen 14:36, 20 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • Delete. Daniel Quinlan 19:31, Nov 20, 2003 (UTC)
  • Keep. The other edits by this IP are fine (though use of preview would be nice!) and that suggests that this one will be updated when the show is broadcast. It appears to be a genuine contribution rather than a deliberate ad. Jamesday 03:43, 22 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • The anon contributor has now created Rick Mercer's Monday Report with the exact same content, apparently to avoid deletion. -Minesweeper 16:13, Nov 22, 2003 (UTC)
    • and blanked the original Secretlondon 17:59, Nov 22, 2003 (UTC)
    • Given the absence of a VfD notice in the article, it seems more likely that the contributor found that the show name was wrong and didn't know how to fix it. Jamesday 03:34, 23 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • Keep. We have long had articles on upcoming films. - SimonP 16:25, Nov 22, 2003 (UTC)
  • Noticed it had no VfD notice, which may explain why the anon doesn't know about this process. Added it and moved from 20th to today. Jamesday 03:34, 23 Nov 2003 (UTC)
    • author has removed redirect from Rick Mercer's Monday Report to Monday Report, blanked Monday Report and is continuing to edit the former. Because of his/her changes no page has a VfD notice on anymore Secretlondon 23:28, Nov 24, 2003 (UTC)
      • Thanks. So I saw. Our due process reason for the VfD notice seems to have been satisfied, so I'm making it redirect to the longer form. Now, lets see whether the anon will behave like a spammer or a contributor... Jamesday 23:53, 24 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • Keep. When it airs in a few weeks, do we want to have to start from scratch and not even give the creator of the article any credit in the "User contributions" list? It's almost inevitable that this is going to start airing. We can't say the same for, say, Jay Evans going to be the next The Clash or Joe Ahmed going to be a big author. Wiwaxia 03:14, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • Delete. The author's jacking around shouldn't be encouraged. orthogonal 03:04, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • Author's IP blanked VfD and Cleanup. Blocked. Came back on a different IP (two down), still repeatedly removing VfD notice. Left a warning telling us to leave the page alone - blocked again. Secretlondon 23:13, Nov 26, 2003 (UTC)

Further discussion

Although the decision to keep is correct, it does need fixing to remove bias and unnecessary inbound links and suchlike, as do other articles by the same person. --user:MyRedDice/ToDo.

The show's name is changing in the upcoming 2005-2006 season, since it's being moved to Tuesday night from Monday night, so it will be known as Rick Mercer's Report. --Computer_Saskboy 22:09, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)