Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sean Fannin


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The result was   delete. I would have declined speedy as well, but AfD consensus is clear. Mojo Hand (talk) 04:25, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

Sean Fannin

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Speedy deletion request was declined because this artist claims to have exhibited at a "Duke of Richmond award in Chichester" - I can't even find evidence that such an award exists (though the National Open Art Competition is run by the Chichester Art Trust). The only news coverage I can see about him is an interview in AND magazine, whose journalism is so light weight the introduction is a copy-paste of Fannin's Wikipedia article! On the basis of the one dubious claim to notability and the fact the remainder of the article seems to be a promotion of his business activites cited to his websites, I believe this definitely fails WP:GNG spectacularly. Sionk (talk) 23:13, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
 * comment according to http://www.thenationalopenartcompetition.com/brochure/#/6/zoomed "This competition was established by our President the 10th Duke of Rochester in 1996", which seems to validate the name of he award to some extent. Any overly promotional content can of course be edited to be NPOV. DES (talk) 01:37, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Wel, yes, but only if the subject was notable and there were reliable sources to use to support the article. Being one of 70-or-so exhibitors at an exhibition doesn't make an artist notable. Sionk (talk) 03:09, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete. No evidence of notability whatsoever; everything's self-published and/or otherwise unreliable.  Nyttend (talk) 15:17, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete -- He seems to be a NN builder with a sideline as an artist. Exhibitions are essentially a means by which artists sell pictures, so that getting inot an exhibition does not confer notability.  Peterkingiron (talk) 17:25, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. Should have gone with the speedy. Szzuk (talk) 20:21, 12 February 2014 (UTC)


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