Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ian Ridpath (Canadian artist)

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The result was delete. — Scientizzle 14:28, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ian Ridpath (Canadian artist)[edit]

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Proposed deletion because "Fails WP:BIO. No reliable independent sources for this Ian Ridpath (many for the astronomer). The books are self-published, the paintings have not received significant attention." Contested, with addition of a number of articles he wrote for the amateur radio publication Break-In. However, writing for a magazine (or newspaper and so on) isn't an indication of notability. Being discussed, having received significant attention in independent reliable sources is. A search for such sources is hampered by his namesake, the asxtronomer (who wrote the initial article, apparently), but in the end don't result in sufficient returns to meet WP:BIO. Fram (talk) 09:10, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the original entry was added by me (the astronomer). I added it because I found that my own entry was receiving an increased umber of hits and I presumed that a proportion of these were for the Other Ian Ridpath, given his recent emergence on the art scene. Can we leave the entry for a few weeks and see what sort of traffic it attracts? I should add that although we know each other, because of the coincidence of name, we are not related. Ian R (the astronomer).

That's very modest of you, but I'd guess that whatever traffic is going to the article about you is probably looking for you. This is Wikipedia: after pop culture, science pretty much rules here. Art is way down the list in priorities, let alone an article on an artist with a small, localized profile. freshacconci talktalk 01:05, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:04, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:04, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - No coverage in reliable sources. -- Whpq (talk) 16:20, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - The article reads like an advertisement, does not seem encyclopedic...Modernist (talk) 23:04, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above. Nothing yet to support prominence or notability. JNW (talk) 02:12, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well, he gets more page views than this guy [1] 79.65.102.52 (talk) 00:41, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Now that's a helpful comment. freshacconci talktalk 01:00, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete No evidence of notability per WP:BIO or WP:ARTIST. freshacconci talktalk 01:00, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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