Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scooby Doo and the snowmen mystery


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The result was   delete. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 22:35, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Scooby Doo and the snowmen mystery

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Fails "the Google test," and is a possible hoax. If not deleted could be cleaned up. WP:Note as it is an LP that does not seem to be in a more modern form. Gosox5555 (talk) 21:13, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Eh? Which "Google test" are you applying? Google lead me to this among other things. Certainly not a hoax. Hairhorn (talk) 22:50, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 23:40, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 23:41, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Going with delete here. Not a hoax doing a quick google search, it exists as an LP - basically a radio show.  The problem I'm seeing is that I don't see much notability.  Is there some provision here on WP that would change my mind? -- Dennis The Tiger   (Rawr and stuff) 23:49, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree with the Tiger. The article doesn't have much nobility. Delete KMFDM FAN  (talk!) 00:21, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment As Hairhorn demonstrates, it is real. By itself, it's not notable.  Back in the 1970s, before there were VHS cassettes, it wasn't unusual for stories for children to be recorded on a long playing 33 1/3 record.  Dennis describes it perfectly -- essentially, a radio program that could be listened to at any time.  Many a child was disappointed when the characters sounded nothing at all like anyone on the TV show.  We have an article about the manufacturer Music for Pleasure (record label) and maybe a spinoff about the children's LPs can be created, since they often become collectibles.  Mandsford (talk) 19:57, 9 July 2009 (UTC)


 * OK, maybe this article is something just for the swedish Wikipedia, since this LP seems more notable in Sweden than in US/UK. The answer to why it was more notable in swedish could be this:

1. In Sweden at the 1970s there were only two TV channels and hardly any cartoons from the west (it was under the "DDR Sweden" time!) with mostly eastern european shows for the kids so an LP with cartoons (from west) could be even more unique than in US for example. 2. The actors on the swedish LP were real great actors, among them actors who later worked with swedish directors such as Ingmar Bergman (Börje Ahlstedt as Fred) and Bo Widerberg (Håkan Serner as Scooby). And since it was real actors, the whole adventure sounded more believable than it would be if "anyone" had done the voices. Also most of the actors participated in at least 2 more LP:s with Scooby Doo and that led to a feeling of contuinity. 3. There was no Dr Evil-song on the album (like in the english version), just the Scooby Doo song as an intro and outro, so it sounded a bit more scary for the grown ups with an effective thriller/action story.

Mistereks (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:16, 9 July 2009 (UTC).


 * Comment - notability is not geographically specific, so if this is notable in Sweden it meets notability criteria. Rlendog (talk) 15:22, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Zöinks! Delete. None of what Mistereks has said, taken at face value, indicates that this was "notable in Sweden".  When he created the article, it was about a record sold in the United Kingdom, and there was no mention any of this stuff about famous Swedish actors lending their dramatic skills to portrayals of "Fred" and "Scooby", or even that this was a Swedish-language record.  At most, it shows that someone in Sweden listened to a Swedish language version of the English language record that's the subject of the article.   I don't believe a word of it.  Mandsford (talk) 14:55, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
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