Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Chinese Puzzle (TV series)

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The result was redirect‎ to Brian Finch#Career. Malinaccier (talk) 17:00, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Chinese Puzzle (TV series)

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Appears to fail WP:NTV and WP:GNG DonaldD23 talk to me 16:26, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Television and United Kingdom. DonaldD23 talk to me 16:26, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Brian_Finch#Career: but I am pretty sure sources exist (I didn't even look; no time). I deproded the page (today; same nomnator) ~~and indicated it could be improved or redirected, if I remember well~~. -My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) 20:39, 6 August 2024 (UTC) (I didn't remember well my deproD edit summary; edited; see below-My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) 00:12, 7 August 2024 (UTC))[reply]
You comment on deprod was "Not uncontroversial", nothing at all about improving or redirecting. Since it was deprodded, I felt that a discussion on notability was better than outright redirecting anyway. DonaldD23 talk to me 23:10, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You are right, my bad, I hadn't checked and was trusting my memory, which indeed failed me. If you think an AfD was better, sure. -My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) 00:10, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Brian Finch#Career (with the history preserved under the redirect) per Wikipedia:Deletion policy#Alternatives to deletion. In my searches for sources, I found only passing mentions about the subject. The subject does not meet Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline.
A redirect with the history preserved under the redirect will allow editors to selectively merge any content that can be reliably sourced to the target article. A redirect with the history preserved under the redirect will allow the redirect to be undone if significant coverage in reliable sources is found in the future. Cunard (talk) 11:59, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: The sources I found in this search on British Newspaper Archive largely were passing mentions. The best sources are these two sources which each provide a few sentences of coverage:
1. "BBC do four new serials for children". The Stage and Television Today. No. 4874. 1974-09-12. p. 15. ProQuest 1040358191. Retrieved 2024-08-08 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  The article notes: "Deborah Makepeace plays a teenager in The Chinese Puzzle, a six-part thriller serial filmed on location on the South Kent coast, beginning in November. The serial, written by Brian Finch, marks the professional debut of 13-year-old Michael Tattersfield. Producer is Bill Sellars, director Alan Bell."
2. Baskin, Ellen (1996). Serials on British Television, 1950–1994. Vermont: Ashgate Publishing. p. 130. ISBN 1-85928-015-3. Retrieved 2024-08-08 – via Google Books.
  The book notes:
  Chinese Puzzle
  13 November 1974, Wednesday, 5:15-5:40pm, BBC1, 6 episodes, thriller, family, British, contemporary BBCtv.
  Pr: Bill Sellars
  Dir: Alan Bell
  Wtr: Brian Finch
  Cast: Martin Frazer — William Abney
  Robert Hardacre — Marcus Barclay
  Wing Commander — William Fox
  Alison Frazer - Deborah Makepeace
  Paul Jameson — Michael Tattersfield
  China — Eric Young
  A flying squadron holds its reunion at a pleasant country inn, but the festivities are interrupted when strange events begin to occur at a nearby unused airfield, and young friends Robert and Paul stumble unwittingly into a kidnapping and blackmail plot.
Cunard (talk) 11:59, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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