Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Guiding Light
At the outset, I state that I am not a follower of soaps, and don't like them in general. But sources exist sufficient to provide a summary of the general plot development, the stars, producers, writers and other creative staff, ratings, and awards from each of these periods. The early radio years are already referenced, and Guiding Light is well covered in standard works on radio such as http://books.google.com/books?id=EwtRbXNca0oC&pg=PA301&dq=%22guiding+light%22&hl=en&ei=MQSiTt7gF-ji0QH6xOjeBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQ6AEwADhQ#v=onepage&q=%22guiding%20light%22&f=false The encyclopedia of old time radio.  Google Books search shows a 1987 http://books.google.com/books?id=srUHAQAAMAAJ&q=%22guiding+light%22&dq=%22guiding+light%22&hl=en&ei=hwGiTqqQHsrW0QG3qbSLBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBA "Guiding light:a 50th anniversary celebration" by Ballentine Books, with information up to that point. From 1998 there is http://books.google.com/books?id=8exIPQAACAAJ&dq=%22guiding+light%22&hl=en&ei=hwGiTqqQHsrW0QG3qbSLBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CFYQ6AEwBQ "Guiding Light:The Complete Family Album." with more details. There have been many magazine articles such as http://books.google.com/books?id=LScAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20&dq=%22guiding+light%22&hl=en&ei=bwKiTpSeBYzE0AGznLyVBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBDgo#v=onepage&q=%22guiding%20light%22&f=false New York Magazine Aug 16, 1993. http://books.google.com/books?id=s9nvvgUFX2MC&pg=PA180&dq=%22guiding+light%22&hl=en&ei=JAOiTtTrLKnm0QHmvdiZBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAjgy#v=onepage&q=%22guiding%20light%22&f=false "Guiding Light: relevance and renewal in a changing genre", in a 2010 Kindle book, brings things relatively up to date. Details on the 2008 switch to handheld camcorders is given in http://books.google.com/books?id=zBEsyKrQvroC&pg=PT111&dq=%22guiding+light%22&hl=en&ei=xgOiTvvbG-nz0gG_ts3_BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFQQ6AEwCDhG#v=onepage&q=%22guiding%20light%22&f=false Television Production. Additional books from Google Book search show no preview but have coverage, such as http://books.google.com/books?id=aHwHAQAAMAAJ&q=%22guiding+light%22&dq=%22guiding+light%22&hl=en&ei=MQSiTt7gF-ji0QH6xOjeBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAzhQ  "All my afternoons:the heart and soul of the TV soap opera". I do not see a problem with giving as much coverage to one era of a 72 year show as a shorter running show gets for its brief run, when each period has multiple reliable and independent sources with significant coverage, satisfying 
— User:Edison, 23:52, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:N (Wikipedia:Notability)