Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jaroslav Beneš (photographer)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. (non-admin closure) HurricaneFan 25 00:03, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Jaroslav Beneš (photographer)

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Article is about photographer. May be notable as google has lots of foreign language hits on him. No references in article, most content of the article is a gallery of images which do not have full licensing (share alike does not allow commercial license as required by wikipedia) Gaijin42 (talk) 14:52, 25 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

comment on further review of the copyright tag page, I believe I may be in error on the validity of the license used. Someone more familiar with that rule may need to weigh in. Gaijin42 (talk) 14:57, 25 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As you can see, the article is still under construction. It has not been completed, which is why there are no references yet. They will be added during the process of creating the article. The gallery of images has been copied from the Czech Wikipedia article on Beneš, where they are posted without a problem (and I suppose they have a licence), so I can't see why they can't be posted here. Bodlak —Preceding undated comment added 15:02, 25 October 2011 (UTC).[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Photography-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:07, 25 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:07, 25 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Could this discussion be closed and the deletion template removed? I believe the licence is valid and I have added references, so there's no point in marking the article for deletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.188.8.55 (talk) 22:40, 25 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have extended the article and added sources - mostly texts on the photographer written by art historians - and I am still working on it. I don't know what more I can do. In spite of my efforts, the article is still marked for deletion and the template asking for more verifiable sources has beeen added to the top of the article. (Bodlak (talk) 21:21, 29 October 2011 (UTC))[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:01, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep The sourcing of the article as it currently stands is weak - rather thin, and a bit too much of it from a source (Český dřevák) obviously rather closely connected with the subject. In many ways, Bodlak has been doing a good job of writing the article, but he/she does need to become more familiar with English Wikipedia policies such as WP:N, WP:RS and WP:PRIMARY. As the nominator noted, the subject gets lots of Google hits from quite obviously independent (and mostly, to all appearance, reliable) sources. While some of them are clearly acknowledgement of use of a photograph, many look to be something more than mentions in passing, and over a period of thirty years. OK, I don't read Czech, but the GNews hits get quite a wide variety of what seem to be traditional press sources, and there are several English-language GBooks sources. We are looking at someone whose exhibitions seem to get press coverage and who gets at least mentions (and quite likely rather more) in surveys of Czech photography in recent decades. On the evidence I can see and understand, the sources seem far more likely than not to establish notability. PWilkinson (talk) 01:39, 5 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Jaroslav Beneš is a notable photographer in the context of Czech art. His works are noted by notable Czech media (see for example [1] (Czech Television) [2] (Czech Radio)) and art photography experts. His name and works are mentioned in the comprehensive and representative book summarizing the history of the Czech photography in the 20th century, see:

Mlčoch, Jan; Birgus, Vladimír (2010). Czech Photography of the 20th Century. Prague: KANT. pp. 252, 270, 321, 328, 373, 374. ISBN 978-80-7437-027-4..

I think it is enough to meet the notability requirements also here on en:wiki. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 08:57, 5 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
A horror of a layout, ironically for an artist, who appears to be notable. Keep. Bearian (talk) 21:17, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.