Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Whitfield Fine Art (2nd nomination)


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The result was   merge to Clovis Whitfield. KTC (talk) 20:30, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Whitfield Fine Art
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Gallery is not notable in its own right. Philafrenzy (talk) 19:15, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete unless significant coverage in reliable, independent sources can be provided. I found plenty of passing mentions, but no in depth discussion of the gallery itself.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  19:44, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Clovis Whitfield, who (based on the large number of GNews hits) is probably notable--although the bio article is in need of sourcing (I note that several sources were removed without explanation in 2008). --Arxiloxos (talk) 22:46, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
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 * Merge as above. Doesn't appear to be notable independently of Clovis Whitfield. Private galleries tend not to get detailed independent coverage, except for mentions in articles about shows and profiles/bios/obituaries of curators/owners/founders. They are only likely to be notable if they are in buildings of architectural interest, very old businesses, significant tourist attractions, played a key role in a notable artistic movement/event, or are otherwise out of the ordinary. And I don't see any evidence for this being a special case. --Colapeninsula (talk) 23:38, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Merge as above. This is essentially a shop, as far as I can tell.  Peterkingiron (talk) 13:17, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Clovis Whitfield. Despite claiming to have opened over 30 years ago and relocated in 2009 I can't find anything online to substantiate this. There may well be offline sources but WP:NCORP is a tough criteria to meet and I doubt somehow there will be many general news sources. The Clovis Whitfield article already claims credit for the exhibtions at the gallery! The coverage of the gallery that does exist seems to be down to the personal expertise and discoveries (and curation?) of its owner. Sionk (talk) 21:26, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
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