Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Culley


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The result was keep. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:20, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

Peter Culley

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Biography of a poet and photographer, not reliably sourced as passing our notability criteria for either writers or artists. Creative professionals need to show evidence of their significance, such as winning noteworthy literary or art awards and/or receiving substantive critical or academic attention -- but the only notability claim in evidence here is that he and his work existed, which is not an instant notability freebie for a writer or an artist in and of itself. And the only sources here are obituaries in a regional newsletter and his hometown local newspaper, which is not enough coverage to make a writer notable if he can't show awards or critical attention. Bearcat (talk) 04:44, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 04:44, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of British Columbia-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 04:44, 26 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep – He passes GNG. Sources include:
 * "Respected poet remembered" from BC Local News
 * His work was published in Canadian Poetry
 * "Hammertown, by Peter Culley" book review from The Georgia Straight
 * A paper was written about him and published in Canadian Poetry
 * "Life A Nanaimo Manual: On Peter Culley's Parkway" from the Poetry Foundation
 * "Peter Culley 1958-2015" from The Capilano Review
 * Another paper was written about him and published in the journal Public, which is published by York University
 * "Peter Culley (1958-2015)" from BC Bookworld
 * "Anthology of poetry from Cascadia celebrates sustainability, harmony with nature" from Vancouver Sun
 * "Art This Week: Kids reimagine sculpture, a poet goes visual, landscapes as a dream state" from Vancouver Sun
 * Missvain (talk) 00:47, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Even though they are ostly local news the subject does meet WP:GNG — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scruffy 8 Lizard (talk • contribs) 11:57, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Glad you're for keeping it! FWIW, Canadian Poetry, Poetry Foundation, BC Bookworld, Capliano Review and the Vancouver Sun are not local news sources for the subject. He's from Naniamo which is not in Vancouver. The other publications are national. Missvain (talk) 00:21, 29 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep Agree with Missvain. Angus1986 (talk) 02:02, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. Sources identified are sufficient to establish notability. --Michig (talk) 09:27, 2 February 2020 (UTC)


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