Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kissidougou Ethnology Museum

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The result was no consensus. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:27, 29 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Kissidougou Ethnology Museum[edit]

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Fails WP:ORG. Could not find any coverage except a listing in gbooks in Museums of the World directory. LibStar (talk) 03:27, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Other than trivial mentions, this doesn't meet GNG and should be deleted. VickKiang (talk) 05:16, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Museums and libraries-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 08:36, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 08:46, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep this 2011-created article and merge 2013-created Musée Préfectoral de Kissidougou into this article, if it can be confirmed these are the same place. Same city, both largely about masks. The 2013 article has two references. In general, museums are going to be notable (see truly excellent essay wp:ITSAMUSEUM). But sometimes it is hard to figure out alternative names of them, in different languages, to get to online and offline information about them. --Doncram (talk) 17:39, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I added a bit to the latter article. There is also a published journal article available at JSTOR which might cover it somewhat. I don't have access to that article, but the Google blurb reads: "Publics des musees africains by R Suteau · 1999 · Cited by 2 — rekore et de Kissidougou et de prospection sur les conditions de creation d'un musee prefectoral et ethnographique 'a Macenta >>30. Au cours de ". --Doncram (talk) 17:55, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:50, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I’ve read the JSTOR article which does mention the museum in Kissidougou but it’s only a passing mention, so no help with notability. On the other hand this is a public museum in a remote area of a country with low literacy and little tourism so I would not expect much coverage. Mccapra (talk) 08:27, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I’ve added another ref which is only to a directory but a Google books search shows that this museum has appeared in many directories and is mentioned in many specialist art publications. It’s not what we’d normally look for to demonstrate notability but given the context I think it’s sufficient. Mccapra (talk) 08:38, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, TigerShark (talk) 18:06, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I think I still support delete, a couple of trivial mentions aren't enough IMO to show notability (GNG probably?) If possible, could some directories be added? Many thanks. VickKiang (talk) 23:44, 24 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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.