Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barry Masteller

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The result was keep. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 17:35, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Barry Masteller (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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Non-notable artist. A couple of articles in a local newspaper exist - the Monterey Herald - but that's it. Appears to be promotional and quite possibly created by the subject himself, as the accounts that contributed 99% of the material have not edited any other articles. JimKaatFan (talk) 17:19, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 17:24, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 17:24, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per nomination. The page's creator claims that the subject's photo is their own work, which I infer to mean they have a personal connection with him and therefore a probable COI. There's no evidence of anything approaching notability as set out at WP:NARTIST. ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 18:19, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Changing my vote to keep in light of recent edits. ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 11:32, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 01:40, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Photography-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 01:40, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment, article states that Mastellar works are held by Crocker Art Museum, San Jose Museum of Art, Monterey Museum of Art, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Triton Museum of Art, that would mean he meets WP:NARTIST but only if this can be confirmed (article has no references showing this, and i've been unable to find any), so this is a delete. Coolabahapple (talk) 01:42, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep I have confirmed three collections, so he meets WP:NARTIST. I added a couple sources. They are hard to come by, as most seem to be mid 90s or earlier; many articles were published -- according to the CV page on his web site. Additionally, much of the article text was a direct match with the same CV page, and seeing as it was all unsourced, I removed it and the previous versions can be rev-delled by a friendly admin if they happen to read this (i.e. [before this version] appears to be copyvio). Pinging @Coolabahapple: and Dom Kaos to see what they think of the collections.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 02:48, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

thanks ThatMontrealIP, that is enough to strike my "delete" as now a keep. Coolabahapple (talk) 09:23, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - Meets criteria for WP:NARTIST by way of the three museum collections that have been confirmed as above. Netherzone (talk) 15:22, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per WP:HEY. Bearian (talk) 18:06, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. List of exhibitions spanning 10 years. Work in the collections of several museums. Bus stop (talk) 03:01, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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