Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Hoyle


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The result was keep. -- RG2 01:46, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

David Hoyle

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Article describes a performance artist who had a TV show - Non-notable. SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 15:54, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Keep seems to have enough sources to establish notability. Here's another.--Sethacus 20:22, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep a performance artist who had is own TV show would support a conclusion of notability rather than non-notability. The article provides references from reliable sources. -- Whpq 16:48, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: With all due respect, tripod and blogs aren't reliable sources... -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 22:41, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Reply - yes,the ref section is a bit of a mess, but there are two articles in major newspapers that cover him specifically. There is the Sydney Morning Herald and The Guardian which do constitute multiple reliable sources. -- Whpq 00:36, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

It is difficult to reference a performance artist with little recorded and commercially distributed, which is why his entry has been so dependent on his tv shows and appearance in "Velvey Goldmine." I am awaiting a copy of a U.K. national magazine [Attitude], with a 2007 interview with David Hoyle, and also discovered that as "The Divine David", he is already referenced in the "Drag Queen" entry Interestingly, the discussion page on Drag exposed the degree of national prejudice in this subject. This artist's first televison series was produced by an U.S. television company, World of Wonder, and is listed on their site. I have replaced the "Tripod" reference with one to the "WOW" site. This series was broadcast nationally in the U.K., 1999-2000, before the huge increase in U.K. television channels and would have reached a relatively large audience for it's timeslot. His career was relaunched in a two performer show with Justin Bond, a performer with a credible career. The audience for his recent shows are stuffed with people who have their won wikipedia entries and it cannot be long before an absence of a Wikipedia entry for this artist is notable in itself. Oh and a reference in his inclusion as a subject of study by Tate Modern, London Victorianaesthete 02:42, 28 October 2007 (UTC)


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