Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harry Spears


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The result was   delete. Mojo Hand (talk) 00:49, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Harry Spears

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Artist stub on a Canadian printmaker. Does not appear to meet WP:GNG. Cannot find a single decent ref. His practice is pre-Internet, so if someone has an idea or knowledge about his work, let's hear it. New Media Theorist (talk) 22:07, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  SwisterTwister   talk  06:21, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions.  SwisterTwister   talk  06:21, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions.  SwisterTwister   talk  06:21, 20 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Not sure because this is something that almost all sourcing would not be online and my searches found nothing so I'll have to say delete for now until this can be better.  SwisterTwister   talk  06:22, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment SwisterTwister, I agree about sources likely being pre-internet. However given some notability, or being included in someone's museum collection would yield an entry in this amazing searchable index of Canadian Artists that is backed by the National Gallery of Canada. They have indexed collections information and publicity files etc. for 56,000 Canadian artists, going back quite a ways. Nothing comes up for him.New Media Theorist (talk) 00:46, 22 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete for now in agreement with SwisterTwister. Theredproject (talk) 00:22, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I just checked three databases which have Canadian newspaper coverage all the way back into the 1800s, and found exactly zilch. So nope, the notability's just not there. Furthermore, this is written like the kind of advertorial thing ("list of auction sales", my ass) that wouldn't be allowed to stay in this format even if it were properly sourced. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 22:31, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Commentyou know, I think this could be an art dealer scam (those happen a lot) where the dealer gets a hold of an old insignificant work, and in order to pump up the price he says "hey, look, the artist has a Wikipedia page" to the clients.New Media Theorist (talk) 00:10, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Hmm, yeah...that sounds completely plausible, and that would explain the "list of auction sales" part better than any other explanation I was able to to come up with for it. Bearcat (talk) 01:33, 23 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete - Lacks significant coverage in reliable sources. I would expect a notable Canadian artist, even pre-internet to show in art catalogues and databases; this guy seems to be mostly invisible. -- Whpq (talk) 18:14, 23 September 2015 (UTC)


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