Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charles Napier Kennedy


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The result was   keep. Mark Arsten (talk) 14:11, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Charles Napier Kennedy

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Doesn't seem to be much more than a locally-known artist from 100 years ago. In addition, this article is way too short, and can't be of suitable length without getting COPYVIO from one of the two "sources", neither of which appear to be reliable. Google Scholar only turns up two passing mentions. p b  p  13:34, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. Looks notable enough to me. I added the following sourced sentence to the article: He was elected to the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1883 and became an Associate of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1896. --Orlady (talk) 17:09, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
 * "Looks notable enough to me" sounds mighty subjective. There is only one source in the article, and it doesn't appear to be reliable.  Also, the more you add from said source, the closer this article is to being a copyvio of said source  p  b  p  18:28, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
 * My "looks notable enough" comment related to the two professional affiliations, which I believe help satisfy WP:BIO. As for that Cornwall Artists website, it has a reputable list of sponsors and it conducts a verification process before it publishes anything: and . That looks like a WP:RS. (I didn't even look at the other external link that the article lists.) As for the use of the information from the source, using information from a source is not a violation of copyright. Copyright violation comes in when the Wikipedia article copies the wording and/or structure of a source. --Orlady (talk) 18:43, 14 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - Fairly clearly a figure of some significance in art history. HERE'S A BIO and HERE'S A SET OF AUCTION PRICE RESULTS OF THIS ARTIST, COLLECTED BY NAME and HERE'S AN ACADEMIC PAPER ON HIM] (WHOOPS, wrong guy!) and HERE'S A BIO FROM A DICTIONARY OF IRISH ARTISTS and that's just page one of a simple Google search!!! Worst AfD nomination of the month, it would seem: see WP:BEFORE. Carrite (talk) 19:30, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Um, BEFORE isn't and never will be mandatory. Also, it was satisfied with the Google Scholar search.  p  b  p  21:17, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
 * True enough, but taking 30 seconds to run a simple Google search is an excellent way of heading off bad nominations like this one. Carrite (talk) 21:41, 14 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep – This person meets WP:BASIC and WP:GNG:
 * Library Ireland entry
 * Londonderry Sentinel article
 * There's also this Cornwall Artists entry, the reliability of which may be uncertain.
 * — Northamerica1000(talk) 01:22, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
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