Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Stanley


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  01:46, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

David Stanley

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Who??? Books Moore (talk) 18:38, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I've asked the nominator to clarify their reasoning. The mere fact you don't know a person doesn't mean they're not notable. - Mgm|(talk) 09:14, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Being a brand new contributor, "Books Moore" may not have realized this. -- Hoary (talk) 09:37, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * That's why I did it. If the delete votes weren't there, I would've closed this nom if it came from a established user.- Mgm|(talk) 16:45, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * David Stanley the photographer is apparently using Wikipedia to promote himself. He has no grounds to have an encyclopedia article because no news report has ever even written him up.  Simple as that.  In other words:  David Stanley.  Who???  Books Moore (talk) 18:21, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

He's notable in that is well known in Landscape Photography. 1) Is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by their peers or successors. 2) His work has been a substantial part of a significant exhibition and has won significant critical attention and is represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums, or had works in many significant libraries.
 * Delete This could conceivably be a news article mentioning him, but I wouldn't call it non-trivial, and it may be a ref to the other David Stanley who shows up on Google, who is a travel writer. Either way, the only mentions I can definitely find about this guy are his own websites and a namecheck on places he's uploaded images, so fails WP:BIO.   Ka renjc 19:09, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Photography-related deletion discussions.   —David Eppstein (talk) 21:14, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Links to stock photography websites are not WP:RELIABLE §FreeRangeFrog 21:28, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * In his website, Stanley doesn't resort to Flash gimmickry; so I rather like him. But even his own site doesn't assert his notability. (And his one book is self-published.) So delete. -- Hoary (talk) 09:33, 5 February 2009 (UTC) (Shortened Hoary (talk) 09:37, 5 February 2009 (UTC))
 * Delete - David Stanley the photographer is apparently using Wikipedia to promote himself. He has no grounds to have an encyclopedia article because no news report has ever even written him up.  Simple as that.  In other words:  David Stanley.  Who???  Books Moore (talk) 18:17, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The article was created by "Rabid.oneuk.com", who appears to be related to this website and who has also created articles on at least three other people. The percentage of his edits that have been devoted to David Stanley is quite a bit less than the percentage of your own devoted to Stanley. Are you saying that Rabid.oneuk.com is Stanley? -- Hoary (talk) 01:41, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep** Hi, this is the first time I wrote a page and it got put up for deletion!!! I set up this article. David Stanley is well known in Photography circles. I read David Stanleys book on Holiday, noticed his name in photography magazines and saw some of his photos in an exhibition, noticed his work in a few places and liked his work so looked him up.

One of those names I keep hearing and wanted to know more about. I tried not to put anything in the wiki article I couldn't substantiate with a reference, and was hoping others might know more about him and add stuff, I think the Cuban website is also him, but not 100% sure so didn't ref it. It's a common name, and quite a few news articles refer to "David Stanley" photographer, but wasn't sure enough that it was the same bloke to include them as references. See what others think, his website does not self-promote or anything, he was just someone I was interested in and kept hearing about that wasn't listed on Wikipedia, and I am not Stanley!! :)


 * Keep David Stanley provided the images for this years (2009) DWP Shared Services Calendar, used by 1000's of UK Government officials. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.96.25.238 (talk) 08:08, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete does not have reliable second sources so wp:bio is not there, it is i think promotional RetroS1mone   talk  16:15, 9 February 2009 (UTC)


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