Talk:web television

RFD discussion: March–April 2021

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web television page

Considering that the Wikipedia:Web television page was merged into Wikipedia:streaming television page on Wikipedia itself, after unanimous consensus for change reached on Wikipedia:Talk:Web television#Merger_proposal, I think it would be bad form and promote misinformation to keep this page. So, I am requesting it be deleted. If that is not possible, then the secondary solution would be to change the name of the page to web series. With that, I hope to hear from you all. --Historyday01 (talk) 20:44, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

@Historyday01 That's not how it works. See WT:CFI. We're a non-censored, descriptive dictionary, so as long as we have evidence that meets our requirements that it is- or ever has been- used in speech or writing to convey meaning, we will have an entry for it. It may be right, it may be wrong- it may even be offensive and evil- but we will have coverage. Chuck Entz (talk) 21:11, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Hmm, that is a good point. Maybe the term could be changed then, to something like streaming television instead? --Historyday01 (talk) 21:13, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

No, both are in use, so we can't change one to the other. Remember that Wikipedia is about things and concepts, while Wiktionary is about words, phrases and symbols. There's a difference between web television and "web television". The first is a topic that one writes an encyclopedia article about (under one name or another), the other is a phrase made up of two words that has one or more definitions, etymology, pronunciation(s) and grammatical information. Chuck Entz (talk) 21:28, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

• RFD-kept. No rationale for deletion presented. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 22:41, 26 April 2021 (UTC)