Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sydney Smith (photographer)


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The result was delete. Spartaz Humbug! 21:23, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

Sydney Smith (photographer)

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This seems to be a purely local artist, of local interest. BD2412 T 17:27, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
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 * Delete Agree with nom. I get only a few hits in Gnewspapers, one in French about a "new yorker" in 1940 which I don't think is this fellow and one book in GBooks, appears to have been published by the museum or archive holding his photos. Oaktree b (talk) 21:01, 10 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Keep This is a local artist, but his name is listed in The Australian Dictionary of Biography https://adb.anu.edu.au/about-us/ and his works are held in museum collection
 * There are Sydney Smiths in the Australian Dictionary, but they are not this photographer.Chemical Engineer (talk)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Coffee  //  have a ☕️ //  beans  // 18:41, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
 * No strong opinion He has been compared with Francis Meadow Sutcliffe in terms of depicting early rural life, so I started the article in case others could fill in more, which has not happened yet. The National Science and Media Museum may have more. Chemical Engineer (talk) 11:42, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Note, I have found one substantial source from which to expand the article. I'm still on the fence about it. BD2412  T 22:27, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Qwaiiplayer (talk) 14:21, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment I've also tried a Getty ULAN search, nothing. If substantive sources can be found/added to the article, willing to reconsider. Oaktree b (talk) 19:44, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete, this appears to be a non-notable Sydney Smith; there are some notable people of the same name (dab page), causing confounding signals. Chiswick Chap (talk) 20:51, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep The York Press article is an independent and sufficiently extensive article about him. The book listed as cites 1 & 2 here has around 80 of his photographs, which as a photographer is a comprehensive use of his work. Because he was a photographer, presentation of his photographic work should count. The collection of his works is held at the Beck Isle Museum, as it says in the WP article there. Lamona (talk) 20:16, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Delete While they may not be completely authoritative, the notability criteria at WPPhotography show that the subject, with the sources presented, is not notable. Neither of the books cited seems to be dedicated solely/mainly to his work or has "received critical attention" and he does not appear in any of the databases listed. It could be debated whether the Beck Isle Museum is "prominent", and they do have a large collection of his work, but it still seems as if he only had local significance/coverage. If someone is able to visit the museum mentioned here and gather more information, I would certainly be willing to reconsider, but for the time being there seems to be only one (local) source to count towards notability. Toadspike (talk) 15:18, 25 February 2022 (UTC)


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