Talk:S/V Merlin

Seeking clarity
Hello.

I noticed your recent edit and would like to seek some clarity before proceeding further. My primary contributions have been to sailing yacht pages, with limited edits elsewhere, hence my desire to comprehend your rationale behind this addition.

Chip Merlin, being the current owner, plays a significant role with this vessel. Is it inappropriate to include information about him as an individual here? If this is not the suitable place, could you kindly advise on the correct venue for such details?

CrimsonGrove (talk) 18:39, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is not here to promote Chip Merlin and that page was already deleted pursuant to a deletion discussion. The page for S/V Merlin is also about the boat, not Chip Merlin. See WP:COATRACKING].--CNMall41 (talk) 20:41, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Understood. Good to know. So, content about the S/V Merlin should be included here and content about Chip Merlin should be included on his page. I found his page, here. However, it looks as though this isn't a normal Wikipedia page. I also found this 'discussion' where an editor said the following: 'Editors are welcome to selectively merge content from the history of the article to the target.' Is that not what I have done? What is the alternative here if you're saying this information should not be included on this page? Thank you for your guidance on this complicated platform.  CrimsonGrove (talk) 14:39, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
 * That page was deleted as he is not notable for Wikipedia. The term "selectively" is right. The information you added is coatracking (see link provided above in previous comment). I actually cleaned up this page after the deletion discussion so any information that could be moved would have already been moved. However, I believe a lot of information was removed based on not having sources that supported or other various reasons (see the edit comments in the edit history section). --CNMall41 (talk) 05:26, 17 July 2024 (UTC)