Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Statue of Harriet Tubman (Salisbury, Maryland)

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The result was merge to Harriet Tubman. Sandstein 15:13, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Statue of Harriet Tubman (Salisbury, Maryland)

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Non-notable sculpture by a non-notable artist. Notable subject: yes. References are two primary sources (University PR) and two secondary sources, one of which is a sentence long. HappyValleyEditor (talk) 10:12, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:25, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:25, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:25, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Merge (briefly) to the article on Harriet Tubman, who is clearly notable, whereas the statue is probably of limited notability. Peterkingiron (talk) 17:15, 24 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per Peterkingiron. The statute isn't notable based on the local-only coverage. This could be turned into one or two well-written sentences in the article about Tubman herself. Chris Troutman (talk) 19:02, 24 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment--aside Page creator MurielMary has created several others: for example this. Individually they are weak pages, but together it would be quite a strong statement on the legacy and memorializing of this important historical figure. Which is to say, perhaps there should be an addiitonal Statues of Harriet Tubman page, along with the individual pages? What do you think, MurielMary HappyValleyEditor (talk) 19:10, 24 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@HappyValleyEditor: We can't have an article about Statues of Harriet Tubman because that subject isn't notable, either. Is there a book about the many statues of Harriet Tubman? No. Tubman herself is the notable subject and this content belongs there. The only limit you'll run into on the applicable section is the point at which discussion of these statues is undue coverage. Chris Troutman (talk) 19:55, 24 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Chris troutman: There may not currently be a book about memorials to Tubman, but last year a Master's thesis was written on the topic, and with the increasing interest in Tubman through her nomination to appear on American currency, it's not unlikely that such a volume could be written. Here's the link to the thesis FYI: http://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1368&context=cc_etds_theses MurielMary (talk) 22:20, 24 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with the Salisbury University article. Folklore1 (talk) 21:26, 24 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments and discussion. I take the point that this statue may not be notable based on the local-only coverage, however public art commemorating women, and particularly African-American women, is rare and therefore worthy of inclusion in the encyclopedia in some form. As HappyValleyEditor notes, there are a number of pages on statues and monuments to Tubman. Perhaps they could all be combined into one page such as "List of monuments and memorials to Harriet Tubman", along the lines of List of new memorials to Robert Hooke 2005 – 2009?? MurielMary (talk) 22:16, 24 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Merge as that's enough. SwisterTwister talk 05:27, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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