Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mats Wendt

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 and none is unlikely to form with poor access to Swedish language sourcing. No arguments to delete, but no assessment of whether the sources meet GNG leads us to the NC. Star Mississippi 02:41, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Mats Wendt[edit]

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Not notable. Article created by a single user who mostly just made this article. Edible Sphere (talk) 10:30, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians and Sweden. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 10:36, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I'm seeing a number of articles on Wendt in the Swedish newspaper archive: "Cybersymfoniker uppträder i Lund" (Sydsvenskan, 2000, around 200 words), "Tonsatt Edda uruppförs av Karlskronakompositör" (BLT, 2009, around 600 words), "Mats Wendt medverkar i Wagnerfestspel" (BLT, 460 words), "Mats Wendt uruppför cyber-Eddan" (Sydöstran, 2009, 700 words), "Wagnerhändelse och dröm för svensk cybersymfoniker" (Sydsvenskan, 400 words), a piece in Sveriges Radio P1 2010, "Hur klarade tyskarna fem timmar nordisk mytologi?" (Dagens Nyheter, 2003, 200 words), "Tonmonument med lådorkester" (Svenska Dagbladet, 2000, 400 words) etc etc. I'll take a closer look in a few days when I don't have a pressing deadline, but these are numerous articles and not just one event. /Julle (talk) 17:21, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

For future reference, how do I check the Swedish newspaper archive? Edible Sphere (talk) 21:58, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Edible Sphere: It's a paid subscription to Retriever Mediearkivet. Most Swedish university students and staff should have it, maybe normal libraries too. I have one through Wikimedia Sweden. There's also the Royal Library's newspaper archive, but it's a) very inaccessible and b) very incomplete, even if it has far older articles than Retriever. /Julle (talk) 03:10, 5 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I've added a number of citations to the article, expanding it somewhat. /Julle (talk) 11:56, 9 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Here is what I have gotten via searches to save others' time: 1) NYTimes = 0 2) Washington Post = 0 3) Ebsco = 0 4) Google Books = 1 (listed as composer on a piece being cited, no info about him [1] 5) Google scholar = 2 (1 is a self-published book, supposedly a mention but it doesn't show in the preview, one is a bachelor's thesis (in Swedish) in which Wendt is thanked in the acknowledgements). I know that English-language sources are not required, but having none at all will make it hard to assess this article. Lamona (talk) 17:51, 9 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'd argue not having any English sources is perfectly normal for many notable topics (biographies, locations, events in history), just as there are sources in any language but English for many of the things we write about.

All the sources I've added are newspaper articles rather than anything academic, yes. Julle (talk) 13:55, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 11:52, 11 March 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.