Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Stewart, Photographer

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The result was delete. — Aitias // discussion 11:35, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Stewart, Photographer[edit]

~~Weak~~ delete. The article describes someone who is conceivably notable, but I can't find the sources to back up this unreferenced article, and the "personal website" described therein is a dead link, so I can't even go to non-independent sources to make a judgment call. That, and the misnamed article has been tagged since September 2007, but the SPA editor who created it never improved it, and no one else has, either. THF (talk) 22:48, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. "Images sans Frontières" appears to be a real agency but it's misspelled in the article, I can't find any page with both the correct spelling and Stewart's name, and the only pages with both the misspelled agency name and Stewart's name appear to be mirrors of this article. That makes me mistrust everything else here. I tried searching for one of his supposed exhibitions, "Revolting Britons", together with his name and again found only mirrors of this. Is this a hoax? Regardless, it fails verifiability. —David Eppstein (talk) 04:50, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, i only checked the first couple of pages of search results, but only got mirrors too. If the publications exist, i cannot find them with this name. If creator really thinks he is notable, then userfy until good sources are found.Yobmod (talk) 16:37, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Photography-related deletion discussions. —David Eppstein (talk) 16:47, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: The book Five thousand days: Press photography in a changing world is listed at Copac (also with the subtitle "The very best of press photography in a changing world"). But it's described as having "photographs by members of the British Press Photographers' Association". Members, plural. There's also an edition whose cover says 5000+ Days: Press photography in a changing world. A certain large online retailer of books advertises new copies at just $1 each; as I'm not in north America this would go up by over 1000%, but somebody there might consider a purchase. -- Hoary (talk) 01:34, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Eh, for $1 I would've done it, but it's actually $4.99 with shipping. However the same retailer permits one to "look inside" the book, and there is precisely one photo from Paul Stewart, on page 136. My delete !vote just got stronger.THF (talk) 01:42, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. There is a British newspaper photographer called Paul Stewart, or perhaps there are more than one photographers so named. But nobody hereabouts has yet found enough to go on. Conceivably, a British newspaper photographer called Paul Stewart merits an article; if somebody later writes one that's well sourced, fine. -- Hoary (talk) 11:48, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per all above. --Deenoe 23:49, 13 February 2009 (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.