Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of television stations in New York
satisfies  as an index of notable subjects sensibly subdivided by U.S. state, as longstanding consensus is that all licensed broadcast television stations merit articles. This is really one of the worst AFDs I've ever seen, stemming from the nominator's overzealous attempt to excise any mention of "channels" from Wikipedia regardless of the context or other informational merit of the subject. The origin of this zeal is a misreading of  and a complete misunderstanding of the principles underlying the recent AFDs for lists that presented channel lineups for individual cable providers (in all of which I !voted to delete, but those are quite different). Possibly even more inexplicable is the nominator's apparent belief that any Wikipedia content that incidentally has some utility, or that reproduces information available elsewhere (!), should be deleted. Doktorbuk's reference to "subscribers" above also shows that he doesn't even understand the content that he is nominating, as these are all ''broadcast'' television channels
— User:Postdlf, 22:17, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:LISTPURP||WP:NOTDIR (Wikipedia:Manual of Style)