Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nelly's


 * 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 Speedy keep, bad faith nom, content dispute. non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps•Review?) 22:40, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Nelly's

 * - (View AfD) (View log)

This article should be deleted because its reference to Nelly's Nazi sympathies is outrageous and untrue:

This article carries only 2 citations. Of the 2 citations, only www.ethniko.net refers to Nelly's Nazi sympathies. The www.ethniko.net website is plainly a Nazi propaganda website. Here's an example from the site: http://www.ethniko.net/volkgeist/greece-third-reich/ "Greece was part of the Third Reich between 1941 and 1944. The Germans raised the flag with the Swastika in the uppermost hill of the Acropolis on April 27, 1941, marking the start of four of the most glorious years in modern Greek history."

There are many other articles online about Nelly's, none of which allude to Nelly's Nazi sympathies. For example, below is the article from www.about.com. It is worth noting that many of the honors that Nelly's received were given by left-wing government officials in Greece in the 1980s and 1990s. The Wikipedia article's implications are simply untrue.

ABOUT.COM http://photography.about.com/b/a/173706.htm?terms=nelly%27s Elli Souyioultzoglou-Seraidari, 1899-1998 was a Greek born in Asia Minor, who studied photography in Germany. She returned from there to set up her home and studio in Athens, after her family had been forced to flee back to Greece, becoming one of the leading photographers in Greece, working under the name of Nelly's. International events again disrupted her life at the start of the Second World War, when she was working in New York for a few weeks that turned into a 27 year stay. Nelly's (also known as Nelly) enjoyed great success in America, with a cover for Life, a number of exhibitions and a busy portrait and commercial business, as well as serving as a great unofficial ambassador for her country. In 1965 she retired and returned to Greece, donating her archives and cameras to the Benaki Museum in Athens in 1985. Nelly was honoured by her country for her photography in the 1990's and there have been a number of exhibitions and publications of her work, both at home and internationally, including at the ICP in New York in 1997. She died at her home in Athens at the age of 99. The About Photography feature on Nelly's life and work gives more detail and links. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Markmalaspina (talk • contribs) 2007/08/31 21:29:26
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 11:08, 3 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletions.   —David Eppstein 15:55, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep Nomination is just a content dispute, & article seems to have changed since version nominator refers to. Johnbod 16:01, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep Nomination is not made in good faith. AfD is not the proper forum to resolve an edit war. OfficeGirl 19:24, 3 September 2007 (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.