Talk:Keene & Simpson

Argyle Building
I have strong objections to including this building in the list failing better sourcing than NRIS. The source I added to the article states that Louis Curtiss designed the building and supervised its construction. Without something explaining exactly how Arthur S. Keene was "associated" with the building, I think it should stay out.-- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 03:58, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Umm, Arthur S. Keene is an architect. It is reasonable to assume he assisted in the design of the original building or of a renovation.  Keeping the link is essential, so that an editor later adding more material, having a better source, will know to develop the point.  Just as it is reasonable to assume that architects Keene & Simpson are architects for all the other items in the list. -- do  ncr  am  04:04, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Keene is an architect who moved to the area two years after the Argyle Bldg was built, so it's not reasonable to "assume he assisted in the design of the original building". The purported future editor will know to develop the point IF SHE HAS RELIABLE SOURCING FOR IT.-- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 04:27, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Please read what i wrote. It is reasonable to assume "he assisted in the design of the original building or of a renovation".  There are often multiple architects listed for a building, having done work many years apart.  It is unreasonable to assume, contrary to the source, that Keene has no association.  If your goal is to justify removing the item (why would that be your goal?), you need to find a positive source that Keene has no association, or find a specific reason to discount the positive source that says he has an association. -- do  ncr  am  05:12, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

(ec) An editor has twice removed a sourced item, Argyle Building (Kansas City, Missouri) from this page. The association of Arthur S. Keene to the building is sourced (along with another architect) by NRIS. It's the right era, the right location in the country, no reason to disbelieve association. Another source might mention just one, but that does not mean Keene did not do original work or renovation work later. I restored it to the article. Please don't argue with urls in edit summaries, be civil. -- do ncr  am  04:01, 28 November 2011 (UTC)