Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jerry Wray

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The result was delete. Stifle (talk) 09:51, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jerry Wray

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Unnotable artist. Fails WP:CREATIVE and WP:BIO. Article mostly sourced from her own personal websites and SB Magazine, an unnotable local magazine for Northern Lousiana. She has not received any significant coverage in any reliable publications outside of that one article, and the claimed Pioneer Artist of the South, which I can't even verify actually exists or is a real publication of any kind. Wray is clearly:

NOT regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by their peers or successors.
NOT known for originating a significant new concept, theory or technique.
has NOT created, or played a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, that has been the subject of an independent book or feature-length film, or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews.
and her work has NOT become a significant monument, been a substantial part of a significant exhibition, won significant critical attention, nor is it represented within the permanent collections of any notable galleries or museums. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 13:13, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - She has originated a new concept -- abstract art from a Christian perspective. SB Magazine is a notable publication.Billy Hathorn (talk) 13:45, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Her claiming she originated anything doesn't make it so, nor is there any such concept as "abstract art from a Christian perspective". SB Magazine is a local magazine, not a national one, nor is it notable. Also, please remember to indicate yourself as the article creator in such discussions. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 13:47, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Louisiana-related deletion discussions. — -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 13:14, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:34, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Questions The article says, "Her paintings are displayed in seven galleries and seven museums worldwide". Which galleries and museums? It says, "she has won more than forty awards in refereed exhibits". What are the most important of these? Are there references to validate these things? Ty 06:52, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thus far, the only reference appears to be her own website. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 14:45, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete unless questions above are satisfactorily answered and suitable sourcing is provided. Ty 22:56, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rewritten; there are now four references from the Shreveport Times.Billy Hathorn (talk) 04:33, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Coverage primarily in a LOCAL paper does not make her notable. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs)

Delete nn and doesn't offer encyclopedic material...Modernist (talk) 02:55, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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