Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Joseph Marcou


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The result was   delete. Davewild (talk) 20:45, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

David Joseph Marcou

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Non-notable individual lacking GHits and GNEWS of substance. Appears to fail WP:BIO.  ttonyb (talk) 01:16, 22 December 2010 (UTC) He donated a print to the gallery, but someone else still had to select and approve it for display there. There are only 3 pictures of Mr. Hardy in the NPG. I have also added some details to the article itself. Dacorbandit (talk) 03:39, 28 December 2010 (UTC)]  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:29, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Photography-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:13, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
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 * Comment. The article tells us that His best photo of Mr. [Bert] Hardy with his dogs is in the Photographs Collection in Britain’s National Portrait Gallery. I couldn't find this by searching for Hardy but I could by searching for Marcou. Here it is. -- Hoary (talk) 12:38, 22 December 2010 (UTC) PS: Oh, it was already linked from the article. Well, Bert Hardy was a noteworthy British photographer; hardly surprising if the NPG accepts the gift of a photo of him. -- Hoary (talk) 01:42, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. He's had the odd article published here and there, but that's about it. -- Hoary (talk) 01:42, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

He has had more than the odd article published here and there, Hoary. David has published more than 1,000 of his articles, 2,000 photos along with 30 books. More details in the bio. Dacorbandit (talk) 17:50, 1 January 2011 (UTC)] I do agree the article could use some more editing. The New York Times 'Documenting the Decade accepted photos from people worldwide. For a freelance writer/photographer to have even 1 or 2 would be a high honor. Yet he has 8 in the exhibit. I must say I see a bias in people commenting on this article. They have no idea how much hard work and luck is involved in getting stuff published in high profile places. It sounds like the article needs more links to prove the content. Sincerely, Dacorbandit (talk) 23:54, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete The sources don't substantiate most of the content in the article. Lots of people write articles and have photographs in the New York Times. I don't see sufficient independent reliable sources with articles about him. The article was written by an apparent single purpose account which typically makes me concerned about conflict of interest. If kept, the article contains plenty of non-neutral tone requiring significant reduction in size and content.  Royal broil  06:10, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
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