Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Picard


 * 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. Star  Mississippi  02:39, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

James Picard

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Article is written like an advertisement, fails WP:ARTIST. It should be noted that this article has been proposed for deletion and nominated for speedy deletion previously - the concern these editors appeared to have is the (fairly credible, in my personal opinion) allegations of plagiarism against him that aren't (and can't be) mentioned in the article due to their not being published in reliable sources, although these editors never made this clear. The primary source these editors appeared to be basing this off of is this Facebook account. Tollens (talk) 17:33, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. Tollens (talk) 17:33, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators and Canada.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 17:59, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep I think this is the same person, seems to attract attention over his artwork. We have enough sourcing for GNG. Oaktree b (talk) 20:09, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment Looking at the existing references, the vast majority are offline. The list of Selected achievements and events in the article is a mess and needs a complete overhaul. Looking through the sources online, coverage is about the documentaries that he is the subject of: The Dark and The Wounded (2018) and James Picard: Off the Canvas (2003) also the exhibition "State of the Art Exhibition". The sources and PR refer to him as the  award-winning work of Canadian artist James Picard and renowned. I cannot find anything that supports this. I am really flummoxed by this. Looking at the article's talk page I get more confused. Anyone else as confused as I am? WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 17:50, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I am too. I wasn't able to find any access to any of the offline sources anywhere, or even verify that the articles themselves exist. It seems the entire article was written by a WP:SPA back in 2010 - the combination of unverifiable (by me at least) claims, the account creating the page, and the allegations of plagiarism is bizarre. Tollens (talk) 23:57, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
 * It looks like the entire 44 minute documentary James Picard: Off the Canvas is available on Youtube. The video was created/posted by Trifectamedia, which is a marketing firm. I watched a bit of the documentary. It is not what I consider informative. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:30, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Looking at the "Official" site for the The Dark and The Wounded, it appears to be a self publish short film that he is trying to turn into a feature length film. Unclear if it has ever been expanded. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:42, 7 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete After reading through the references available, I believe that most of the information is promotional, either self-published or native advertising. The subject definitely fails WP:ARTIST, and also fails WP:ANYBIO. I do not find the claims of harassment/threats credible. In that assertion, the subject holds up a threatening notes that he has claimed to received. Additionally, none of the films or exhibitions mentioned in the article rise to the level of notable. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 14:42, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Threatening notes he claims to have received... that made it to national news. But he somehow doesn't have any other coverage? I'm as confused as you are. -- asilvering (talk) 00:48, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete No independent third-party coverage. There's not much out there that isn't a promotional piece (interviews, press releases). Fails WP:ARTIST. sixty nine   • whaddya want? •  17:42, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom fails WP:ARTIST and WP:GNG.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 23:59, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete. This whole thing is bizarre. I've tried looking for sources, and given up. -- asilvering (talk) 00:50, 11 April 2023 (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.