Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SAA (Society For All Artists)


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The result was   delete. Lankiveil (speak to me) 12:57, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

SAA (Society For All Artists)

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I see no reason to keep this article. No references and hence I cannot verify if this article passes WP:NGO. Lets see what others think.  J i m Carter  ( talk ) 13:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep, is my tentative view. Seems large-scale, that there will be substantial coverage but perhaps under other search terms.  The official website linked indicates it is associated with Teaching Art, Ltd. (see bottom right of SAA's "About" page).  Maybe they are the same really, or they overlap, and probably Teaching Art, Ltd. (currently a redlink, could redirect to this article.  Teaching Art, Ltd. is the producer of "A Splash of Paint", a TV program that is listed at IMDB: A Splash of Paint, at IMDB.  That info could be added to article.  More information can be derived from searching on these other terms. -- do  ncr  am  16:56, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment: Sustaining this position would need reliable evidence that Teaching Art Ltd. is notable as a firm and/or that "A Splash of Paint" (whose IMDb text was authored by Teaching Art Ltd) is a notable series, and I am seeing neither? AllyD (talk) 07:10, 9 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 01:25, 9 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete: The little coverage I can find (both via Highbeam, subscription reqd.) relates to a local affiliate exhibition and ongoing marketing of their member database . There is also an index listing page here with some 2012 events. There are various artists' exhibiting societies, but this appears instead to be a retail site aimed at supplying Sunday painters. Nothing wrong with that, but it needs to be able to demonstrate WP:CORPDEPTH or WP:NWEB notability and I am seeing no evidence for that. AllyD (talk) 06:55, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete, though I agree with doncram that 45,000 members at £27.50 a pop seems very large. All the same I'm an artist myself and have never heard of them. The only coverage of any kind I can see is a couple of listings in Artists & Illustrators. Fails WP:GNG and WP:NCORP criteria. Sionk (talk) 07:26, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
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