Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RV Song of the Whale

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. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 19:29, 17 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

RV Song of the Whale[edit]

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Delete does not appear to be a notable ship with coverage to show it passes WP:GNG. A google search shows 1 hit [[1]] in news. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 15:31, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:18, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 16:38, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Insufficient coverage in independent sources. Jinkinson talk to me 19:57, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Is the organization that operates the vessel potentially notable? If so creating an article on it and redirecting this to it might be an alternative. Possible sources: [2], [3]. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 21:09, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep (changed mind). There are many more news hits [[4]] or [[5]] and vessel seems important enough (size isn't everything). Owned by International Fund for Animal Welfare and already briefly mentioned there. If consensus is for deletion, expand IFAW text with some of the info from here. Davidships (talk) 10:00, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - per the sources David has turned up; they provide a clear indication of notability. Parsecboy (talk) 12:12, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep due to sources found by Davidships that establish notability. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 12:37, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep As a private yacht this likely would not be notable, but the boat's research role and coverage of it makes it so. Kablammo (talk) 13:28, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep -- However, I would like to know what the research done on it had achieved. Peterkingiron (talk) 22:46, 14 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This page is about the research ship. The research itself is touched on on the International Fund for Animal Welfare pages. IFAW's own take on this project is at [6]. Davidships (talk) 20:58, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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