Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Sturdy

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The result was delete. → Call me Hahc21 03:08, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Sturdy

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Article on a non-notable artist made by a single-purpose account with an obvious COI. Can't find any reliable references and even if the references given in the article are valid they are questionable in terms of reliability and depth of coverage. Drmies (talk) 19:30, 28 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 21:21, 28 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - the article portrays him as a Literature teacher who does a bit of painting and poetry (the paintings seem unremarkable). I can't find anything other than occasional bios and social media mentions. The two alleged news sources sound vague and minor. Certainly fails WP:ARTIST and WP:GNG. Sionk (talk) 00:31, 30 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - I agree with the above criticism. I also feel that if this person had even one complete book published by a respectable, mainstream non-self-publishing commercial or academic press, that would satisfy notability. But so far as I can tell, there is no such book. Littlewindow (talk) 19:07, 30 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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