Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William G. Hobbs

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 close) RMHED (talk) 17:39, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

William G. Hobbs[edit]

Speedy tagged after being restored after a prod. So let's take it up here. Daniel Case (talk) 02:49, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. —Eastmain (talk) 02:53, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. One of the references is from the debates of the Saskatchewan Legislature, in which a cabinet minister talks about the artist and a painting the government commissioned from him. There is also an article from the Winnipeg Free Press. I think this artist, who is also a medical doctor, passes notability. Most artists don't get their life and work discussed in a provincial legislature. --Eastmain (talk) 02:53, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep Of marginal notability as an artist, in view of his career output, but Eastmain's points on the level of his artistic recognition is a trenchant defence for including the article. Ecoleetage (talk) 02:56, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. This is an article that I have contributed to and think it is worthy of kepping. Hobbs’s paintings are slowly gaining a reputation because of there content about railways in Canada. As I understand Hobbs is still alive and kicking but is of a good age now. One day his work will be of some significants because of its content about the Canadian Pacific Railway. stavros1 ♣
Keep It seems to me that the contributor User:Freshacconci who has now tried to get this article removed from the pages of Wikipedia twice now. Has he a motive that he is not coming clean about. I see from his user page that he himself is a Canadian artist, so is this some form of snobbery!. As for Hobbs as an artist, I had heard off and admired his paintings of the Canadian railways and I live in England. Haydnaston (talk) 18:36, 9 July 2008 (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.