Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/M. A. Yewdale


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The result was keep. ✗ plicit  12:06, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

M. A. Yewdale

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WP:BEFORE done. While it would appear there was verifiably a Canadian artist of this (also Muriel Agnes Yewdale, Mer Yewdale) name and dates of birth and death  - Library and Archives Canada says so here, it would also appear that she does not meet WP:ARTIST, WP:ANYBIO, and any number of policies and guidelines you may cite when you please - as always - do prove me wrong about this. Pete AU aka Shirt58 (talk) 10:08, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 10:37, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
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 * Comment. When editors are evaluating this biography they should be sure to check the page history. Large sections were recently excised, including potentially valuable references. pburka (talk) 13:35, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:HEY. I expanded the article so I think it makes a decent stub now. This is one of those artists who is mainly discovered after their death. Judging by some of the prominent British Columbia artists who recommended her art, I expect her works will become better known with time. Incidentally, although she signed her paintings 'M. A. Yewdale', I think the name of the article should be changed to Muriel Agnes Yewdale. Curiocurio (talk) 14:29, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment - The Government of Canada lists her under 5 different names: M.A. Yewdale, Muriel Agnes Yewdale, Mer Yewdale, Muriel Yewdale; M. Yewdale.; so in WP:BEFORE searches it would make sense to search under all of those names. Thus far, I've found an exhibiton catalog devoted to her work, published by the Burnaby Art Gallery. and added to the article, along with the citation for the Govt. of Canada. Netherzone (talk) 14:50, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment I've tried "Muriel Agnes Fraser Yewdale" and "MA Yewdale" in Google, GScholar, Jstor and ULAN, nothing comes up. Oaktree b (talk) 16:15, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
 * 'Fraser' is her maiden name and can be omitted in searches. I'm going to retrieve the exhibition catalog this afternoon and see if there is any useful information there. Curiocurio (talk) 16:18, 30 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Comment She's listed at Mutual Art, but the birth date is 1931. I am pretty sure it is the same artist. hmmmm. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 16:43, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I think we should go by the Government of Canada citation, also the article in The Vancouver Sun said she died at 91 years, so the earlier date makes sense. Netherzone (talk) 16:55, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree 1908 as correct birth date, it's just a shame we can't link out to it for images of her work. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 16:58, 30 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Comment I can't find a reference for date of death exactly 6 January 2000. I am changing it to 2000 as stated on Artists in Canada. I also updated Wikidata WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 16:50, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:HEY. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 02:46, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep per article expansion and adequate sourcing. Randy Kryn (talk) 12:27, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep - per WP:GNG has enough sourcing now, and per WP:HEY due to the excellent improvements by and  and others. It's now a nice little biographic article on an under-recognized artist who shunned the marketplace during her lifetime who made a significant contribution to the arts of the Pacific Northwest with her body of work.  Netherzone (talk) 13:34, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep thanks to all who worked on it. I hope it is kept up-to-date as her work is exhibited and discussed in the future. Lamona (talk) 05:30, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep per HEY. Also, I don't know how a BEFORE doesn't find the 2006 Vancouver Sun articles, User:Shirt58, right at the top of the first Proquest search I found - and #2 at newspapers.com. Nfitz (talk) 00:39, 6 February 2022 (UTC)


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