Talk:Nelbert Chouinard

Notability
User:BrownHairedGirl, please define your reasons for placing the notability template. The Kingfisher (talk) 03:59, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Please tell me when enough RSs is enough for you to have notability established? Hopefully before it is excessive citations, which it now appears to be. The Kingfisher (talk) 04:07, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * @The Kingfisher: please take some time to read and study WP:NOTABILITY, especially the section WP:GNG.
 * When I tagged the article, it had two sources: The Chouinard Foundation (not independent), and artprice.com, and auction price guide (not a reliable source. That's a complete fail of WP:GNG, which states that: If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list.
 * You have now added a forest of bare URLs, rather than properly formatting the references. I have tagged the article again, and these comments apply to the current version:
 * Several of those URLs say nothing at all about Chouinard (e.g. )
 * Refs 4 and 12 are duplicates
 * Refs 7 and 11 are duplicates
 * Ref #8 redirects to a Google search page
 * The rest of the links make passing mention of Chouinard herself, while discussing the art school. The result is that WP:GNG is not met.
 * Establishing notability requires more than indiscriminately dumping in a pile of bare URLs from a quick Google search. It needs that significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject ... and in this case, it's not here.
 * Some of the LA Times links provide a little detail on Chouinard herself, enough to write a short paragraph, nut not enough for a standalone article. This page should be merged and redirected to Chouinard Art Institute, where the LA Times articles could be used to add a few sentences to the history section. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 07:38, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you for responding. I'll address your points later in the week, however, I will argue that The Chouinard Foundation is independent of Nelbert Chouinard. The Kingfisher (talk) 15:56, 9 April 2017 (UTC)