Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of bird voices

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The result was delete. Sandstein 21:13, 5 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

List of bird voices[edit]

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This article should be deleted as it fails WP:NOTGALLERY because it is a collection of images and sound files. It fails WP:NOTDIR as it is a simple listing of items (in this case bird sounds). The sound files should probably be on the article about the bird from which the sound comes from (if not already). -KAP03(^{Talk • Contributions}) 20:43, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -KAP03(^{Talk • Contributions}) 20:44, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Animal-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:54, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Aha.... "sound files should probably be on the article about the bird" ... "should" "probably". Why dont you make sure then? -- Draffi (talk) 22:08, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for the following reasons - firstly, WP:NOTGALLERY as mentioned in the nomination. Secondly, it's a list with no stated inclusion criteria - does the page creator intend to spend their entire life adding images and recorded birdsong for every single bird species that exists? Thirdly, as the nominator states, the information in this list should be added instead to the articles for each relevant species of bird. Exemplo347 (talk) 22:13, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom and per Exemplo347; this is the kind of page that should exist only on Commons, to organize media files found there. I don't see this as capable of being developed into more than that. postdlf (talk) 22:18, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Nice stuff in there, but unless this is planned to contain all bird recordings available (which would break any list), the reader should expect to find a sample in the species article. There is no reason to go looking for an incomplete list.-- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 08:04, 29 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - I agree that this is something that should be in Commons but not Wikipedia itself Spiderone 21:26, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:NOTREPOSITORY. Ajf773 (talk) 09:59, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per nominator and others. Fails WP:NOTDIR and WP:NOTREPOSITORY. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:24, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep (hesitantly) - Because its fun to play a bunch of them at the same time. But in all seriousness, if these aren't yet incorporated into the corresponding articles, it should stay, at least as a reference for future incorporation. Yes, a delete is completely reasonable, as per the previous policies, however, it serves as a valuable resource. Andrew. Z. Colvin • Talk 04:41, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete User Azcolvin429 is right actually. It's nice to hear the bird voices. It's almost like a collection I'd love to have. It's unfortunate that all the work editors have done on this article will go down the drain. But there's nothing much that can be done. Wikipedia is not a repository site, as said above. Lourdes 10:09, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Actually the English names should be added but this work is not worth it if the article is deleted anyway. For people who like bird watching there might better places than Wikipedia. -- Draffi (talk) 14:00, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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