Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Stuart Merrill


 * 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: keep. —LrdChaos (talk) 17:58, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Stuart Merrill
Not English [French], since the author was an American but wrote in French. Posted in 2005, no attempt of translation.--Aphaia 04:53, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 05:00, 14 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete unless it is translated. --Aphaia 04:53, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete . Although this person certainly seems notable, I have been unable to find any translations of his work, and the only link available on his WP page goes to a site with his works just in French. If someone is willing or able to provide translations, I'd probably change my vote. ~ UDScott 13:08, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep now that the translation has been added. ~ UDScott 15:18, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: I would be willing to translate this; in previous discussions, however, the consensus was against unpublished translations because they aren't verifiable. - InvisibleSun 13:56, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: I added occasionally (unverified) = my own translation, just for your information. We would like to have a remark for "user translation"? --Aphaia 15:16, 7 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete unless it is translated and per above comments. FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 15:32, 7 September 2007 (UTC) Now translated. FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 11:45, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep The template for people indicates that it's ok to use one's own translation, which is what I did on the Stuart Merrill page. We might still want to delete it because it's a single quote, but the author (not the translator) is notable, and I think the poem itself is very nice, so I'd be inclined to keep. --Ubiquity 21:03, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep now. Per Ubiquity (merci!). I think if we have a notable and verifiable translation, it will be the best, but it is an excess to ban all user-made translations. Please note, our sister project Wikisource encourages its contributors to make translations from free/PD materials. Why cannot we follow them? --Aphaia 21:27, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep It's not easy stuff to translate, but Ubiquity's effort seems fine.--Cato 20:45, 8 September 2007 (UTC)


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