Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Willinghton


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The result was delete, the references found are vapid and probably not reliable. Sr13 03:23, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

William Willinghton

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Only sources are the subject's own catalogue and web site. These are not considered reliable. Without sources, there's nothing to establish notability. Note that User:Wiwi788 has been pushing this stuff hard at Spoon River Anthology and elsewhere. Wikipedia is not for advertising your works. Chick Bowen 04:40, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions.   -- John Vandenberg 09:18, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletions.   -- John Vandenberg 09:18, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Citing self-made sources is not acceptable proof of notability.  --SquidSK (1MC•log) 09:38, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Blatant self-promotion. Freshacconci 10:49, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. There are plenty of important awards that can be used to establish notability for press photographers. He appears to have none of them. And the comparisons to Cartier-Bresson and Capa are unlikely and come off as blatant hyperbole. —David Eppstein 11:07, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment there are apparently reviews, --can someone check? DGG 16:58, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Google News archives lists a few small notices and a review of a related gallery show, but all are in Italian. Chick Bowen 17:23, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: there are at least four independent reviews of the show, of which one comments directly on the photographs of William Willinghton. The depth of coverage is not that substantial but the breadth is--the texts seem to have been written independently of each other and not just reworkings of press release.  From what I've seen, this show alone does not meet the Wikipedia notability guidelines for artists, but I've always sort of felt that they are rather high compared to other notability guidelines.  So on balance, I'll stay out of the discussion.  So-so translations from the Italian available on request, but the articles are pretty vapid.  ("The texts of Fernanda Pivano, which testify to his great love of peace, live together with the black and white images of William Willinghton which celebrate the dream of love 'with a kiss'.") -- Myke Cuthbert (talk) 17:50, 25 June 2007 (UTC)


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