Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Horace Kenton Wright


 * 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   keep.  MBisanz  talk 09:37, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Horace Kenton Wright

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 * Delete. Notability not established, thinly referenced, fails WP:CREATIVE. WWGB (talk) 01:19, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  —WWGB (talk) 01:26, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions.  —WWGB (talk) 01:26, 10 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep. This article is genuine. Due to The Bahamas being a small country there are limited print resources prior to the 1990s.  The references listed are the only ones found.Undone6840 (talk) 03:45, 10 April 2009 (UTC) — Undone6840 (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


 *  Weak Keep. WP:CREATIVE includes "regarded as an important figure" as a criterion for admission, and we _do_ have two cited references in the article making that claim. Tevildo (talk) 11:41, 10 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep.I query the reason why the reference to Horace Kenton Wright is being considered for deletion. Mr. Wright made an invaluable contribution to Art in The Bahamas and is undeniably considered to be one of the forefathers of Art in The Bahamas.

He is given great recognition in the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas and is highly referenced in the Archives of The Bahamas. One example of his contribution to Bahamian Culture may be referenced here -> http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/BahamasWeb/VisitingTheBahamas.nsf/Subjects/Junkanoo+Leaders/

"''Percy Viola Francis VOLA: King Of Junkanoo

In the early 1960's a young man from Mason Addition just over the Hill in the East Street Area of Nassau, surfaced to the top of the Junkanoo Scene, designing to push the level of Junkanoo to new heights.

With a background in art, which began at an early age, his creative talents were developed at Art Classes in the St. Agnes school room under the tutorship of Mr. Don Russell. His talents were further developed at the Southern Junior and Senior Schools under the leadership of a renowned Bahamian Artist Mr. Horace Wright. These men have both now passed, but their knowledge of Art and its effectiveness is seen everytime the Saxons Superstars Junkanoo Group goes to Bay Street."''http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/BahamasWeb/VisitingTheBahamas.nsf/Subjects/Junkanoo+Leaders/ Boncynbon (talk) 18:13, 10 April 2009 (UTC) — Boncynbon (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * This is exactly the sort of thing we need - get the sources into the article, though, not just the AfD. :) Tevildo (talk) 18:37, 10 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Several printed references, definite assertion of notability. Petropoxy (Lithoderm Proxy) (talk) 20:56, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Keep. In an ideal world WP would consist only of articles about people like Mr Wright, public servants who have contributed to society. But the Bahamas is a small country with a population less than the London Borough of Croydon and rising to the level of "Supervisor of Art for all schools in The Bahamas in 1961... Inspector of Schools from 1964 to 1967" is not notable enough for an encyclopedia, nor is "Senior Education Officer (Audio/Visual Aids)." Sources published in the Bahamas are listed, but I don't know if the subject gets more than a passing reference. Reluctant delete.--Ethicoaestheticist (talk) 22:16, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - The volume of coverage isn't as important as its content. The criterion requires him to be "regarded as an important figure".  Do the sources describe him as important?  Yes.  I suppose one could argue that the sources aren't reliable, but an official government website probably is... Tevildo (talk) 22:47, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The source is perfectly reliable, but Mr Wright isn't the subject. Percy Viola Francis, the 'King' of Junkanoo is. The "renowned Bahamian Artist Mr. Horace Wright" was his teacher, but it's a passing reference.--Ethicoaestheticist (talk) 23:20, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Ahh, I see your point. He probably wouldn't get through the "significant third-party coverage" needle's eye of WP:GNG, true, but he only has to pass the wider gate of WP:CREATIVE. Tevildo (talk) 09:49, 11 April 2009 (UTC)


 * comment May pass WP:CREATIVE, I see enough evidence to convince me that he was influential in Bahamian art, but I don't see grounds for passing WP:PROF. Pete.Hurd (talk) 22:58, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Vote changed to keep: An Encyclopedia of Latin American & Caribbean art calls him one of the two "fathers of modern Bahamian art" . Another Google Book source: .--Ethicoaestheticist (talk) 11:56, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep seems to narrowly fit the standard...Modernist (talk) 23:28, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per Ethico etc. Locally important. Johnbod (talk) 11:18, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep from the references and above. Arty pants,  Babble 11:58, 13 April 2009 (UTC)


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