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This article only uses primary sources meaning notability cannot be properly assessed. A quick search also turns up no reliable sources. This article fails WP:GNG. 11WB (talk) 16:28, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
  1. Leech, Barbara (2008-04-13). “Filmmaker’s successful formula: little kids, big machines”. New Hampshire Union Leader. Archived from the original on 2025-10-20. Retrieved 2025-10-20.

     The article notes: “Little Hardhats films, created for preschool-age children, has made national news over the past 17 years since its humble beginning. With DVD titles available such as “Where the Garbage Goes” and the award-winning “Road Construction Ahead” (an in-depth look at how roads are built and maintained and all the big equipment that is required), children as well as their parents seem to be hooked. … Levine began Little Hardhats in 1991 with his first children’s film, “Road Construction Ahead,” after working several years as a corporate film producer. When companies began to cut back on discretionary spending for promotional films, Levine found himself out of business. … With the success of its first DVD, Little Hardhats took off, with Levine producing one DVD each year.”

  2. Edelstein, Art (2000-08-24). “Fred Levine offers up new kids video on farming”. Barre Montpelier Times Argus. Archived from the original on 2025-10-20. Retrieved 2025-10-20.

     The article notes: “After Road Construction Ahead, the feedback from the public was for more big machine videos. With this in mind, his company, Little Hardhats, took on fire, planes and garbage. … Little Hardhats productions are distributed nationally through several video distributors including Montpelier’s Rounder Kids. The videos are also carried in catalogs such as Birthday Express, which features children’s products. … Ertle packages his videos with their farm toy replicas. The videos are linked to the Cape Cod Potato Chip company web site, and are offered by Teddy Peanut Butter. Both food companies were prominently featured in the recent video release.”

  3. “Vermont Made Videos Available for Kids”. The Transcript. 2000-08-21. Archived from the original on 2025-10-23 – via Newspapers.com.

     I was unable to clip the article from Newspapers.com because of this error message: “Oops, we are having trouble loading clippings.” The article notes: “Farm Country Ahead is the sixth in the “Little Hardhats” series. This new release takes kids on a fast-paced and exciting trip to see where some of their favorite foods come from. Stowe, Vermont actor Rusty DeWees is the video’s friendly and hard-working host. Rusty introduces each action-packed segment showing up in, on and around huge and fascinating pieces of farming equipment. … Little Hardhats has always been a family affair. Levine and his wife, Lisa, keep busy running the business and parenting four. The Levine children have grown up in the videos. Mariah (8), Miles (13) and lan (15) were 2, 3 and 5 when they first went to work behind the scenes and in front of the camera. Riley, age 2, makes his video debut in Farm Country Ahead. And more talent is on the way with another Levine due in December.”

  4. Bange, Stephanie (August 2008). “Big Boats & Busy Harbors”. School Library Journal. Vol. 54, no. 8. p. 61. EBSCOhost 33767708. Archived from the original on 2025-10-20. Retrieved 2025-10-20 – via Gale.

     The review notes: “The latest release in the “Little Hardhats” series focuses on activities around harbors. Host Rusty Dewees provides background information and defines important terms. Most segments open with Dewees using a globe to indicate where in the world the cargo is coming from and how far it must go to reach its destination.”

  5. A Parent’s Guide to the Best Children’s Videos, DVDs, and CD-ROMs (2 ed.). Los Angeles: Mars Publishing. 2001. pp. 52, 54, 149, 151, 155, 158. ISBN 1-931199-04-3. Retrieved 2025-10-20 – via Internet Archive.

     The book reviews five episodes of Little Hardhats. The book reviews Cleared for Takeoff on page 52, Fire and Rescue on page 54, Farm Country Ahead on page 149, House Construction Ahead on page 151, and Where the Garbage Goes on page 158.

  6. There is additional coverage at https://littlehardhats.com/#media-reviews (archived here) including an article in New Hampshire Weekly and television coverage in Good Morning America and CBS News with Harry Smith.
  7. “Fun to Film”. The Burlington Free Press. 2000-09-06. Archived from the original on 2025-10-23. Retrieved 2025-10-23 – via Newspapers.com.

     The article notes: “Montpelier’s Fred Levine hit farms in the state and beyond to film “Farm Country Ahead,” his latest addition to the kids’ video series “Little Hardhats.” Two years in the making, the 45-minute video features Rusty “The Logger” DeWees as host of a trip documenting where milk, peanut but-ter, jelly, bread and potato chips come from.”

  There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Little Hardhats to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires “significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject”.

  Cunard (talk) 09:57, 20 October 2025 (UTC) I fixed the links and added another source. Cunard (talk) 10:00, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The first source appears to be an interview type article, which would come under WP:PRIMARY. The second source is fine and should be used. The sixth source is definitely primary and really shouldn’t be used in place of preferable independent reliable sources. It may be worth having a neutral editor do a source assessment. 11WB (talk) 12:22, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

An interview type article can include both primary and secondary aspects in it. The littlehardhats website is merely linking to Youtube videos that are the relevant sources in question, not the website itself. Katzrockso (talk) 01:24, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

An interview is WP:PRIMARY and YouTube really shouldn’t be used per WP:RSPYT. This show just doesn’t have the required coverage for a standalone article I’m afraid. 11WB (talk) 09:40, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Katzrockso is correct that articles that contain quotes from people affiliated with the subject can contain enough independent reporting, commentary, and analysis to amount to significant coverage. That is the case here. There is sufficient independent content in these sources to establish notability under Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. Cunard (talk) 10:00, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WP:RSPYT states “Content uploaded from a verified official account, such as that of a news organization, may be treated as originating from the uploader and therefore inheriting their level of reliability”. These are broadcasts from a news organization, the television equivalent of a news article. Katzrockso (talk) 10:44, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]