Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gary Ferster


 * 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. — A itias  //  discussion  00:01, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Gary Ferster

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Non-notable illustrator but long established article. Possible vanity as creating user was called User:FersterTech. I don't see an assertion of notability, and despite 3,000 or so Google hits for the name, this probably meets the CSD but article has been around a while, so taking it here. Esteffect (talk) 02:13, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * The phrase His work has been published in countless magazines and books strikes me. Something like that would probably prevent me from speedy deleting an article. But without further sources to back it up, it becomes problematic. If it can be established that Gary Ferster is a notable illustrator, then by all means we should have an article on this guy. I'd encourage editors to fix this issue, or else deletion will be inevitable. -Andrew c [talk] 02:28, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * From his website, the 'countless magazines' include Photoshop User, Illustrator 7 Studio Secrets, and The Illustrator CS3 Wow! Book. I'm not convinced that being published in any of those magazines would point to notability. Esteffect (talk) 02:37, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Delete I couldn't find significant sources either BloodGrapefruit2 (talk) 06:27, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as mentioned, there's no assertion of notability made in the article, and there don't seem to be any third party mentions that point to notability. The fact that there are only links to the subject's personal and business/portfolio websites makes this look more like a case of self-advertisement. None of notability guidelines for creative professionals apply.Teleomatic (talk) 03:06, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - I like the guy's work but aside from the three books where he is mentioned, I can't find anything that would assert notability under WP:CREATIVE. § FreeRangeFrog 04:51, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as above. Just not enough coverage out there to build an article around. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  15:15, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


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