Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Merman (album)


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The result was speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn; Significant coverage found during discussion. (non-admin closure) Lenny Marks (talk) 15:51, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

Merman (album)

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Article is essentially just a track list that lacks wp:SIGCOV and, I believe, fails notability per wp:NALBUM. Since it does not deserve a stand alone article, I believe it should either be deleted or merged into Emilíana Torrini discography (though that article also has verifiability issues), but I was hoping to get community input. Lenny Marks (talk) 22:33, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Lenny Marks (talk) 22:33, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Iceland-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 22:59, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. QuietHere (talk) 03:22, 10 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Found no coverage. Discography page is lacking but unless you're starting an AfD on it now then it's the most appropriate target. QuietHere (talk) 03:24, 10 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Keep Added several sources of significant coverage from the Icelandic media.Um víðan völl (Morgunblaðið), Emilíana og Hafsveinninn (Dagblaðið Vísir) and Léttur og mjúkur "marbendill" (Dagur-Tíminn). It was also the highest selling album in Iceland per this article in Alþýðublaðið. Alvaldi (talk) 09:48, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment I can't read the sources in Icelandic, but unless they provide in-depth discussion of the album itself, as opposed to it's existence, then I would support @QuietHere's suggestion that it be merged into Emilíana Torrini discography. As I understand it, WP:NALBUM only warrants standalone articles when the have enough info for detailed contentment, rather than just track listings as this seems to be. Perhaps you could comment on the content of the foreign language sources?
 * --Lenny Marks (talk) 21:24, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
 * @Lenny Marks The three first sources are discussing the album and the songs in it in detail. The fourth one from Alþýðublaðið is about the top selling albums of 1996 and a sizable chunk of it is about the Merman album. This article from Helgarpósturinn is a feature of musician Jón Ólafsson who co-produced and co-wrote the album, its mostly interview (i.e. primary) but there is quite a bite of prose there about the album and his involvement in it (the whole lead of the article is almost all about the album). Here is also another article, title translated to Emilíana's merman from Dagblaðið Vísir that discusses the album. Alvaldi (talk) 22:31, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, I do share in Lenny's dilemma of not being able to read Icelandic. However, just from looking at the size of those articles, they do appear to be in depth, and I don't see any reason to doubt that you're correct about their value. Changing vote to keep. QuietHere (talk) 02:37, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you @Alvaldi, it seems like these are examples of wp:SIGCOV. It would be good to expand the prose of the article to reflect the coverage, but I will withdraw my nomination. Thanks again for your work, I would not have found Icelandic-language sources myself. -- Lenny Marks (talk) 15:46, 16 March 2023 (UTC)


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