Talk:Red Barn Gallery

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I think that, because of the inclusion of part of the local history of Belfast, this page is of interest to historical groups, particularly local ones. I intend to include, once proof is found, that Sting of The Police worked at the bar, as did Mary McAleese. No promotional material is included, and if anything is to be considered as advertising, let me know and I shall see about removing it. The Belfast Exposed wikipedia entry is much in the same vain as this page. Psychfunk (talk) 18:34, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The local historical significance of the structure is sketchy at best. If the structure does turn out to be notable, the current resident (a newly opened photo gallery) still is not.  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 18:50, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Explain please why the Belfast Exposed gallery is notable. Psychfunk (talk) 19:05, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't know that it is. Please see WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS.  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 20:15, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

The page does reference a notable exhibition regarding the burning of Bombay street 1969 during the troubles and includes reference to the work of Gerry Collins and the report of his creative works in the Irish news and a reference to an exiting wiki page. These are creditable claims to the significance of the exhibition by the gallery of works by others and articles and not the gallery itself. CSDA7 does not really apply by my reading.Psychfunk (talk) 20:40, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, it references an exhibition that you claim is notable. However, since the claim is made, I'll remove the speedy deletion tag and move to an AFD nomination instead.  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 20:44, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Other indicators of importance of this work is

BBC Nolan Special report in which the work is referenced BBC Radio NI Nolan Show

CultureNorthernIreland website which describes the work as unique culturenorthernireland.org

Belfastmedia which make reference to the significance numbers of the public who viewed the works belfastmedia.com

Evidence that it was picked up by foreign media Italian media site The significance of this work may not be fully understood outside of the Northern Ireland context. However, it did recieve funding from the Community relations council to stage the exhibition. The exhibition itself was picked up as part of the west Belfast festival and more recently was included as part of the opening of the refurbished Ulster Museum. The Gallery was instrumental in bring this work to a wider audience and continues to seek out similar works that have meaning other than just being photographs. I can't add anymore to my arguement for keeping the page. Psychfunk (talk) 22:06, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes you can. This page shows future exhibitions and it's promising indeed; there's no page of past exhibitions. If you have a list of past exhibitions, you might google for some of them. A sourced list of half a dozen or more exhibitions that have already taken place would add to the interest of the article and also help stave off calls for its deletion. -- Hoary (talk) 22:36, 26 June 2010 (UTC)