Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eardley Knollys


 * 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   no consensus. Stifle (talk) 10:51, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Eardley Knollys

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Had the corresponding article The Storran Gallery survived speedy deletion it might have lent this biography some credibility. However, as it stands the only reference is about an establishment that the subject of the article setup up with three other people. No other proof of notability is given. Simple Boba.k.a. The Spaminator (Talk) 16:09, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - very little on Google. Seems to have been a modestly successful minor artist but nowhere near notable enough for his own encyclopaedia article. andy (talk) 16:17, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Eardley Knollys was one of the most prominent art critics between WW1 and WW2. I am surprised that he is not in Wikipedia.Duncanogi (talk) 18:21, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
 * There's nothing in the article to support this claim. Art critic, yes (he wrote a book about Alfred Wallis, after all) but "one of the most prominent"? References please. andy (talk) 20:32, 7 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:48, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
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 * Delete No notability established. Does not meet WP:ARTIST in any case. Simon-in-sagamihara (talk) 00:23, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  —Mais oui! (talk) 15:58, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge to Storran Gallery, which is better referenced and seems to still exist, unless i'm experiencing some very odd cache effects. What notability Knollys has seems to be for running the gallery, so I see no need for two separate articles. Qwfp (talk) 17:00, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Works in the National Portrait Gallery (as subject), Art Fund etc. Also a member of a prominent "gay aesthete" set, as the The Times calls it. Failing that, redirect to the gallery, though redirecting that to him might be better. There are in fact a load of hits on google, 883 for "Eardley Knollys" and there will be much more in books, though probably more on his extensive social life, work for the National Trust, and art dealing than his painting per se.  This ought to be on the LGBT list also.  Johnbod (talk) 17:05, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep per Johnbod. His portrait is in the NPG. Extensive passing references add up to notability. The Guardian, in passing, calls him a "minor legend in British art" .--Ethicoaestheticist (talk) 01:45, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.