Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Berry Stephenson


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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 22:06, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

George Berry Stephenson

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no evidence of encyclopedic notability, no evidence of paintings in a permanent collection.  DGG ( talk ) 20:33, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 20:51, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 20:51, 23 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete. One obituary does not make a notable individual. buidhe 21:19, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. I'm sorry to say that Dallas Morning News obituary is a paid announcement; it's substantially the same text as the other one. I find another painter named George Stephenson in New York State who has left more of a trace. I'll be happy if more can be found about the Texas gentleman, as an artist or otherwise, but I'm not seeing anything. Yngvadottir (talk) 21:26, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. GNG fail. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 13:30, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NARTIST and WP:NOTMEMORIAL. If he were a famous artist, he'd have exhibited in major art galleries or museums outside of his hometown. Dallas does have an internationally-known art scene, but he never exhibited in LA, or NYC, or Venice, Santa Fe, or even Marfa, Texas, from what I can see. A single work of art in one church and "other venues in the Dallas area" (where? a coffee shop? an AA meeting? a school library?) are not enough. His day job appears to have been a counselor for Alcoholics Anonymous, and he no doubt did fine work with persons in recovery, but so does my brother and thousands of other people. Bearian (talk) 02:29, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. The lack of available sources other than an obituary suggests that WP:GNG is not met. -- Kinu t/c 02:54, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete not even close to meeting the threshold for notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:26, 30 November 2019 (UTC)


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