Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/River Spirits of the Anacostia


 * 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   redirect to Anacostia (WMATA station). Owen&times; &#9742;  18:05, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

River Spirits of the Anacostia

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Am not seeing where this article passes WP:GNG, requiring significant coverage in multiple reliable sources. It's Metro station artwork, and is already discussed at Anacostia (WMATA station). SchuminWeb (Talk) 18:44, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Anacostia (WMATA station); there's nothing there that's not in Anacostia (WMATA station), and I'm not seeing any independent notability in sources either. If and when appropriate, a spin-out article can be written. As it is, it remains a plausible search term. -- Beloved Freak  19:55, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Washington, D.C.-related deletion discussions.  --  Beloved  Freak  19:56, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions.  --  Beloved  Freak  19:56, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:01, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. This artwork is a unique and important thing. Simply re-tag it for a call for expansion.  NO need to delete it or merge it, it just needs to be expanded.  It has two solid reference ... certainly there are more.--RichardMcCoy (talk) 12:38, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I fail to see where this is more notable than, for instance, the big Chinatown fan at Gallery Place, which is treated entirely within the article about the station. SchuminWeb (Talk) 16:03, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * I don't see a substantial mention of a "big Chinatown fan." Was this thing made by an artist?  Does it have title?  --RichardMcCoy (talk) 01:01, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Specifically, the passage reads: "Originally named "Gallery Place" after the nearby National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum, "Chinatown" was added to the station name in 1986 (although the station's signage was not replaced until 1990) and in 2000, a large Chinese-style fan, entitled The Glory of the Chinese Descendants, was installed over the 7th and H Street entrance." That's the "big Chinatown fan" in the Gallery Place – Chinatown (WMATA station) article which I speak of.  SchuminWeb (Talk) 06:28, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, right. This fan could have an article unto itself for sure. Like this tile mosaic, this fan is made by a notable artist, in a notable location.  Assuming the article was well researched, I'm sure there is plenty of mention of both of these things in appropriate places. --RichardMcCoy (talk) 11:51, 9 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Anacostia (WMATA station) which has more detail than the article anyway. No point tagging for expansion. Johnbod (talk) 16:27, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Why is their no point in expanding this article? --RichardMcCoy (talk) 17:19, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
 * There may be a point in expanding it, but adding a tag is most unlikely to achieve this. There are over 90,000 articles in Category:Articles to be expanded, which is supposed to exclude stubs like this one.  About 15,000 date back to 2008 or earlier.  Johnbod (talk) 17:33, 12 May 2011 (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.