Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amateur voice acting

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was redirect to voice acting. As many editors seem to be interested in performing a merge, page history will be left intact, what if anything to merge is an editorial decision. Seraphimblade Talk to me 04:52, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Amateur voice acting

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Procedural nomination; I came across this whilst browsing through Category:Proposed deletion looking for articles to rescue. I know nothing about the subject so don't have an opinion on the article's truthfulness/accuracy, but it doesn't seem appropriate for something which obviously has had a lot of work go into it (around 350 edits, by a large number of editors, over a two year period) to be deleted without debate. This is a procedural nomination, so I abstain — iridescenti (talk to me!) 22:39, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough - I've never nominated an article before and I wasn't sure how to go about doing it. The deletion process articles are really, really confusing.Rebochan 12:00, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Well, I would propose merging it into voice acting, but I'm not sure which article is in better shape. Neither one cites any sources or is written particularly well. As such, I don't think a merger would improve either one. I suppose the topic is notable enough, but it's not asserted in the article. --Cyrus Andiron 22:50, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete I don't see the notability of the subject matter and despite all the editors, edits, and history, not one of them has ever pulled this off. I'll pull my vote if the impossible happens and the article shows at least a glimmer of promise of turning into a real article. Namely, something that can be documented impartially. Rebochan 11:59, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, W.marsh 01:51, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge to Voice acting. Fairly notable concept, but I don't see it as being notable enough to stand on its own. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 02:24, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge, as any profession can have an "amateur" counterpart. A good chunk of the article seems to be (non-profit?) spam and unverifiable claims about FLAVA or whatever it is. --Dhartung | Talk 07:42, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge to Voice acting but then trim it down a good deal! The article seems to be laden with unsourced information and POV issues. Charlie 08:46, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Having re-read it, I think it does seem to be a separate concept to voice acting; if I'm understanding it right, what it's talking about is overdubbing existing footage with your own dialogue a la Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (which is a hobby I've never heard of, but for all I know it's a huge cult thing). I dare say it could probably survive as a section of voice acting, although that seems to be an unreferenced rambling mess at the moment (when the sole reference is to "The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'", the page is probably violating WP:V) — iridescenti (talk to me!) 12:25, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
    • Well, it's fairly popular in at least the anime communities - mostly as sort of a cousin to MSTing. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 20:07, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge with voice acting. Neither article is that great, but with their powers combined....Useight 23:54, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment My concern with merging this is that while you can say it exists, how much content can go in the voice acting article? It would read something like "Amateur voice acting is a hobby practiced on the internet." Rebochan 13:45, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge with voice acting. There is nothing here that shows how amateur voice acting is different to that carried out on a commercial basis and therefore justifying a seperate article. Nuttah68 15:57, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.