Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hörspiel

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 no consensus. Please take any merging or renaming discussion to the talk page. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 04:19, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hörspiel

"Hörspiel" (see de:Hörspiel) is the German translation of radio drama. There is no use to merge this article. Theses like "..., but the musical component in German broadcasts is typically more substantial" are wrong. In the 50'ies e.g. there was no music at all in German radio dramas. Non of the important German authors of radio dramas like Ingeborg Bachmann or Günter Eich are mentioned. --Kolja21 (talk) 18:08, 6 February 2008 (UTC) from Germany

• Keep, but improve - Radio drama is focused on English-language radio drama (actually, it's mostly about US radio drama). It has a section for Radio drama#Radio drama around the world that consisted of a link to Radio drama in Japan. The Hörspiel article is about radio drama in the German language, so it would be very logical to keep it as a separate article and link to it from the radio drama article. (In fact, I added a link to it.)
  

If the article is incomplete due the omission of important German authors of radio dramas like Ingeborg Bachmann or Günter Eich, then it needs to be expanded, not deleted. --Orlady (talk) 00:19, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

• Move to Radio drama in Germany and make this a redirect. --Paularblaster (talk) 09:55, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I had thought of suggesting that move, but I believe that Hörspiel exists in Austria, too. --Orlady (talk) 12:52, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm. Radio drama in German? German radio drama? --Paularblaster (talk) 12:27, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

For some reason that I can't articulate, I would want the title to specify "German language," not just "German." Perhaps the best title would be "German-language radio drama". "Radio drama in German language" seems more consistent with Wikipedia customary style, but it is less idiomatic. --Orlady (talk) 04:35, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

The Three Investigators, Paul Temple and John Sinclair (German fiction) as typical "German Hörspiel"? The "Categorie:Radio hobbies" says it all. There have been a try to merge on Sept. 28. There is nothing substancial to merge or to move. (Beside Switzerland Radio is also producing "German Hörspiel".) --Kolja21 (talk) 04:16, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

For what it's worth, the article Radio drama also has serious shortcomings. Much of the best English-language radio drama is represented only in the list of "programs/series". --Orlady (talk) 04:35, 13 February 2008 (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.