Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Byron Harmon


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The result was   Keep. Eluchil404 (talk) 06:35, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Byron Harmon

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 * Delete. Non-notable photographer. It would be a real stretch to say that he meets WP:CREATIVE. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 21:08, 10 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. Google Books is a starting point: multiple pages of coverage in A Delicate Art: Artists, Wildflowers and Native Plants of the West by Mary-Beth LaViolette pp 129-136, and The Canadian Rockies Adventure Guide by Brenda Koller pp175-6. And other non-readable results, e.g. On the Roof of the Rockies: The Great Columbia Icefield of the Canadian Rockies, Lewis R. Freeman, Byron Harmon, Emerson Sanford There's a book and film Great Days in the Rockies: The Photographs of Byron Harmon, 1906-1934, OUP, 1978, with a biography by Bart Robinson and an essay on Harmon; and short film Great Days in the Rockies (NFB of Canada); Byron Harmon, Mountain Photographer by Carole Harmon, Altitude Pub Canada, 1992.  Also various Canadian government/museum sources, which include his photos in their collections, e.g., and he appears to be mentioned in the following scholarly article (though I don't have online access to this journal): Douglas A. Brown, "The modern romance of mountaineering: Photography, aesthetics and embodiment", The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume 24, Issue 1, 2007, pages 1-34. --Colapeninsula (talk) 22:19, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep, easily meets WP:GNG.  This nomination is simply horrible!  Alan, you'd be be much more useful if you didn't make such bad nominations like this one.  I can see more than one book written about the man and his photographs, including Byron Harmon, Mountain Photographer (1992) and Great Days in the Rockies : the Photographs of Byron Harmon, 1906-1934 (1978)..  The number of books which call him a famous mountain photographer abound.  Even Banff National Park links to a site all about him and his "historic photographs", .--Milowent • hasspoken  01:35, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep As shown above there is plenty of significant coverage that establishes his notability. GB fan 04:11, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep via four independent rationales:
 * Above sources meet WP:GNG,
 * Quotes from DiViolette, from Patillo, and from BJP meet WP:CREATIVE (1) clause 1
 * "Great Days" meets WP:CREATIVE (3) as a book (which itself received a journal review at ) and a film, and
 * ....one might also argue it and the BJP also meet WP:CREATIVE (4), although, compared to the other three rationales I've provided, I find this one weaker.
 * I believe the first rationale should be sufficient. --joe deckertalk to me 06:23, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Photography-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:45, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
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 * Snow keep – per all of the above, the topic clearly passes WP:GNG. Northamerica1000(talk) 12:20, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
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