Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zee Sarthak (3rd nomination)

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The result was delete‎. — CactusWriter ^(talk) 23:00, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Zee Sarthak

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Closed as a redirect last year and I see nothing that has happened since to show how this meets WP:NCORP. My previous rationale remains the same - "Fails WP:NCORP. Was going to remove the unsourced listing of shows but that would be 99% of the page. Would recommend a redirect to Zee Entertainment Enterprises as an WP:ATD but a WP:BEFORE did not find references that would support notability. Only mentions, WP:NEWSORGINDIA, churnalism, or otherwise unreliable references." CNMall41 (talk) 22:51, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Television, Companies, and India. CNMall41 (talk) 22:52, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Source assement - Below is assessment which is full of Indiantelevision.com, a site found to be unreliable per WP:ICTFSOURCES. Pinging !voters from previous discussion - @RangersRus, Geschichte, SafariScribe, Piotrus, Meatsgains, Mar11, and Subuey:.CNMall41 (talk) 23:03, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Source assessment table
Source	Independent?	Reliable?	Significant coverage?	Count source toward GNG?
(1) https://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/regional/sarthak-tv-givi...	Routine annoncement and even says "according to Sarathak Entertainmetn Group" so obvious churnalism.	See WP:ICTFSOURCES for Indiantelevision.com. Not a reliable source.		✘ No
(2) https://indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/regional/sarthak-tv-gains-in...		See Above	Routine announcement of ratings	✘ No
(3) https://indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/viewership/odisha-s-sarthak-...		See Above	Routine announcement of ratings	✘ No
(4) https://economictimes.indiatimes...	Starts with the city name which indicates churnalism. Confirmed through a search which shows a dozen or so of the same announcment.		Routine announcement which fails WP:CORPDEPTH	✘ No
(5) https://indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/regional/there-s-oversupply-...	Interview with original founder and nothing in-depth about the station itself.	See Above		✘ No
(6) https://www.indiantelevision.com...	Churnalism. Here is another about the same thing.	See Above		✘ No
(7) https://indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/regional/zee-sarthak-unveils...	Churnalism - Direct from Zee's website is the original press release.	See Above		✘ No
(8) https://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/movie-channels/zee-hits-...		See Above	Routine announcement of ratings	✘ No
This table may not be a final or consensus view; it may summarize developing consensus, or reflect assessments of a single editor. Created using {{source assess table}}.

Delete: I think RandomMe98 is an experienced editor, hence removing the redirect means they think the article meets notability. I was looking to see improvements only to realise that nothing was done other than removing the previous discussion's redirect link. Without mercy, it's obvious that this page doesn't meet WP:NCORP, hence my vote. Thank you CNMall41 for the quality source review. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 00:19, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Most of the sources are from an unreliable website: https://indiantelevision.com/. Zuck28 (talk) 03:51, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Contesting a redirect only to add more non-RS means that the value of retaining the page history of this NCORP failure drops to, if not zero, somewhere very close to it. Restoring a redirect to Zee Entertainment Enterprises can be done from scratch after deletion of the article; it does not require retaining the current contents in any form. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 04:20, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Odisha-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 04:20, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: This article relies entirely on indiantelevision.com, which I did not evaluate as unreliable on my review. Now that I know it is largely a paid-advertisement type of news site I do not support this page's inclusion as a standalone article. I am aware there are several other "Zee" television station articles that get repeatedly recreated, like Zee Aflam, that may be worth paying attention to. -- Recon rabbit 13:42, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Unreliable sources per WP:ICTFSOURCES. Fails WP:NCORP. RangersRus (talk) 18:46, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete — with the current sourcing this certainly doesn't merit a standalone article. EmilyR34 (talk) 05:15, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete most sources are from a single website--Indiatelevision.com Agnieszka653 (talk) 19:44, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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