Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ian Barry

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The result was merge to Falcon Motorcycles. (non-admin closure) —Theo polisme 17:38, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ian Barry[edit]

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The latest rewrite of this article (by what I suspect is a paid-for contributor) reads more like a puff-piece than what went before. Fundamentally Barry is only notable for his work at Falcon Motorcycles. Yes he is engaged to married to a (borderline) notable person, but you don't get notability by association. So what is comes down to is whether we need an article about Barry given that the motorcycles are already covered in the Falcon article. Get rid of this article and that's a little bit more of the cancerous paid-for content removed from Wikipedia. My recommendation is simply to delete and create a redirect to the perfectly adequate Falcon Motorcycles Biker Biker (talk) 10:06, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Ian Barry has been the subject of multiple published secondary sources which are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject, such as The Los Angeles Times, Architectural Digest, Dazed and Confused, Cycle World, and other articles cited. The articles mention Barry as the designer of Falcon motorcycles, and cite that he is solely responsible for designing multiple significant and well-known works. Barry has received multiple well-known and significant awards for his designs, and has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in his specific field of custom motorcycles. He is regarded as an important figure in his field and is widely cited by peers and press alike. Notability also extends across multiple professions, including restaurants and music.HaeckelLight (talk) 18:44, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Falcon Motorcycles. The sources here are enough to keep the article Falcon Motorcycles, but not to spawn a whole suite of Falcon-related hagiography. All mentions of Ian Barry are about Falcon Motorcycles. I'd probably merge Amaryllis Knight too; her non-Falcon related citations are very thin and probably fail Wikipedia:Notability (films). --Dennis Bratland (talk) 15:34, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep though it wouldn't pain me to see it merged to Falcon Motorcycles. Notability seems to extend across motorcycle design, restarauteurship and musicianship. — Brianhe (talk) 17:35, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Article attributed to independent reliable sources. Subject meets notability guidelines WP:CREATIVE. Verifiable sources address the subject directly in detail, and in substantial depth.Yodabirdblue (talk) 19:02, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge - silly, unnecessary promo-spam. Merge to Falcon Motorcycles with the same rationale as here. Stalwart111 22:07, 12 November 2012 (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.