Old Wallpaper
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Please - unless you want to cover it with shiplap or something similar, please remove it. If you go to paint, because it is already separated at some seams, the glue will continue to loosen the paper andy you'll have to remove it anyway.
I just helped my in-laws remove 20 yr old wallpaper that was attatched to unpainted sheetrock. Wow. We tried every product out there and spent tons of money, nothing was working. So I got on Pinterest, and Voila, found something that took it off in minutes, and made the house smell wonderful at the same time. Buy a squirt bottle and some Downy fabric softener (we tried the generic brand and it didn't work.) Mix a capful of the fabric softner with hot water in your spray bottle, spray on the wallpaper, let sit for about 5 -10 min, and everything peels right off, including the glue. We used spackle scrapers just to make it go quicker, but you can peel it right off with your hands. Good luck!
You can paint wallpaper, but you should clean it first. There is a cleaner you can get wherever they sell wallpaper although this is rather labor intensive. I have applied fabric to the walls using liquid laundry starch. It's similar to working with wallpaper but easy to clean (just vacuum).
If you remove it, I would try to take off the first layer first, as nothing will penetrate the glossy layer to get underneath to the glue. It isn't really hard, just pull on it and it should separate from the paper layer underneath.
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You could put 1/4" drywall up and start over.
I would recommend removing the paper.