Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lesbian kiss episode (2nd nomination)
or merge as a |POV fork from Media portrayal of lesbianism from where it was split off. The very focused scope of this article is based on a premise so narrow it goes into POV territory ("lesbian antics are great for a quick ratings grab, and not much else"), ignoring other aspects of media coverage of displays of lesbian affection, even going so far as to ignoring different points of view that exists for some of the specific episodes in the list. (ie: the article here only describes it as a great ratings grab, ignoring both the pioneering aspects of some the episodes (several of these are the first ever portrayal of any sort of lesbian affection in the medium or genre) as well as how the creators/producers have described how from their pov it certainly wasn't an easy ratings grab, but something they had to argue at length with studio heads to even get on the air. (sources for this at this archived discussionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_LGBT_studies/Archive_20#Lesbian_kiss_episodes). It also (out of necessity due to its scope) ignores the inevitable flipside of the coin, ie episodes/shows that do portray lesbianism, but where kissing or any sort of physical affection was excluded due to, basically, homophobic attitudes of the powers that be. The article could probably be expanded/amended to be more neutral, but then the very narrow scope of it would lose much of its meaning, and the contents would be better covered within the context of the article where it was previously housed. For example these episodes and broader commentary on them could be covered alongside other tv portrayals of lesbianism in a chronological order. And, like I said at the link, certainly include the "lesbian kiss episode" phenomenon in that article as one aspect of tv portrayals of lesbianism. But it is just one aspect of many, and as such in my opinion not best suited to a separate article. The list table has |OR and |indescriminate information issues and should be deleted or culled back to episodes which have been defined as a "lesbian kiss episode" in reliable sources. Right now the unsourced entries in the list includes both cable and broadcast shows, with no apparent reason for why these specific episodes were selected. It appears the list is intended to include ''every'' tv episode with a female same-sex kiss, implying that all of them are "lesbian kiss episodes", something that is not supported by sources. If the list was redefined to only include every broadcast episode (which again, nothing in the sources to support that ''every'' such episode can be defined as a "lesbian kiss episode") it would still have approximately 100 entries, raising both OR and indescriminate information concerns. See the list I pasted at the previous discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lesbian kiss episode#Break for long table
— User:Siawase, 17:56, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:POVFORK||WP:OR||WP:IINFO (Wikipedia:Content forking)