Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Quality of Mercy (TV series)

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, pursuant to post-relisting changes of previous "delete" !votes to "keep". BD2412 T 00:16, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Quality of Mercy (TV series)

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Contested PROD. This article is a stub that has existed without references for 3 years. I'm unable to find anything in reliable sources to establish notability. I don't even remember seeing this on Australian TV. AussieLegend (✉) 20:47, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 20:51, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 20:51, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete In this situation, DRAFTIFY would usually be appropriate so that references could be found, but the 3 years already should have been sufficient time. MrsSnoozyTurtle (talk) 23:14, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@MrsSnoozyTurtle: Note that additional sources have been found and also added to the article after you !voted here. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:58, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Changing my vote to Keep after seeing the added references. Thanks Northamerica1000. Regards, MrsSnoozyTurtle 01:08, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect, to Oriel Gray whose article says she wrote about gender issues, or possibly Lynn Bayonas. Other writers listed at IMDb - Sonia Borg, Anne Brooksbank and Barbara Vernon - have smaller articles. Meticulo (talk) 02:01, 15 May 2021 (UTC) Redirect to Lynn Bayonas, which is the only one of the articles that mentions Quality of Mercy, though it's unfortunate a home can't be found somewhere for the scanty details from the NFSA source. Meticulo (talk) 14:04, 15 May 2021 (UTC) Keep, now that article has been improved thanks to Canley's efforts. Meticulo (talk) 10:41, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- We can't base any decision on what is written at IMDb, it's not a reliable source. --AussieLegend (✉) 12:17, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect, to Oriel Gray, so users can found some info instead of nothing. Purosinaloense T/K 11:35, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Purosinaloense: Note that additional sources have been found and also added to the article after you !voted here. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:58, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment This shouldn't be redirected to any one writer's article if there are multiple writers with bio articles. No writer has a greater claim to the series than the others. Plus there's the issue of IMDb being the source for the list. We can't base decisions on sources that are not RS! --AussieLegend (✉) 12:17, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Normally I would also suggest using DRAFTIFY but I've just checked on NewsBank Australia using my local library membership and not much is coming up. Reader781 (talk) 04:02, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Reader781: Note that additional sources have been found and also added to the article after you !voted here. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:58, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Changing my vote to Keep after seeing the added references from Canley. Reader781 (talk) 00:40, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep It's a shame to lose televisual history when there are no accessible online sources for 1970s media. I spent the day at State Library Victoria and filled in some details referenced to two TV reference books by Albert Moran, and there were two fairly substantial articles in The Age about the "Send Him On His Way Rejoicing" and "We Should Have Had a Uniform" episodes. The IMDb broadcast dates do appear to be wrong, as Canberra Times TV guide listings give June to July 1975 airdates but IMDb says September to October. Regarding the writers and directors, most of them are now referenced, and I believe those that aren't can be sourced to Australian Film & TV Companion by Tony Harrison—there is supposedly a copy at SLV which I couldn't find, but there is also one in the VCA library which I will check out in the next two days. --Canley (talk) 08:50, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Canley's improvements. As I mentioned in my PROD contestation, nationally broadcast things should have sources, but as Canley points out, things of this age are obviously tricky to access. matt91486 (talk) 15:51, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per referenced improvements Boneymau (talk) 00:29, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
General Keep per sources provided by Canley. Since they're not accessible via internet, AGF that they provide significant coverage. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:53, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 16:12, 22 May 2021 (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.