User talk:Pindar35

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Szczesny Factory
I have redirected your new article to Stefan Szczesny, the article about its founder. In this case, the Factory is the artist. If there were other notable artists involved, each producing their own notable work, then such a "factory" might be individually notable. In this case, it merely appears that Szczesny has created a company to market his work. This does not merit its own article. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:49, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments. I wonder, though, whether it would not after all make sense to maintain a separate "Szczesny Factory" entry. The Szczesny Factory was founded by the artist, but its activities often involve a large number of people and companies and extend well beyond the artist. Also, if, for instance, one added the info given in the "Szczesny Factory" entry to the existing entry on the artist, that entry will lose its focus. (Not least since I was going to add further material to the "Szczesny Factory" entry).


 * I would recommend that you create the Factory article in your userspace (at User:Pindar35/Szczesny Factory, for example) and then move the article to article space when you have completed it. You will need to show that the company has achieved notability independent of its creator.  (I.e. if you can find coverage of the Factory that only mentions the Factory in its connection to Szczesny, rather than coverage of the Factor as an independent entity notable for works other than Szczesny's, than you haven't really established independent notability.)  Your statement above indicates that the Factory's activities "involve a large number of people and companies".  An artist collaborating with other artists, or working on spec for various companies, is not really new or notable.  The Michaelangelo/Raphael workshop which your article mentioned as a "model" doesn't really hold true, because those artists employed numerous lesser artists to perform some of the less detailed or important parts of their artwork, freeing them to supervise and perform finishing work that made the art their own.  There is no indication that Szczesny has employed this methodology.  The Warhol Factory was a completely different phenomenon, being more of a social happening than a method of making art.  Szczesny's Factory appears to be more of a simple business model. You'll need to flesh out the article more to assert that this Factory is in any way notable.  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:47, 14 November 2012 (UTC)