Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beacham Owen

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 delete due to lack of reliable sources. — TKD::Talk 09:58, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Beacham Owen

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A non-notable motorsports artist who had a brief motorsports career. Has a small connection to NBC/David Letterman. Also appears to be used as a vehicle of promotion for User:Jamesb01 to upload paintings by this artist under a possibly false CC license. The359 03:18, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Comment Although not directly involving the notability of the page, the questionable pictures are similar to this photo uploaded under CC-BY-2.5 yet featured on Beacham Owen's website here as All Rights Reserved. The359 03:22, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

• Delete, no independent sources, overly promotional. I gotta admit, though, that's some nice-looking art. Realkyhick 05:03, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

• Delete, as per above. User:Jamesb01 has not responded to these concerns and continues to download credited images. JNW 20:15, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Comment Credits removed, but without independent sources, and with the simultaneous planting of the subject's paintings in so many articles, the conclusion that this is primarily a promotional undertaking is unavoidable. JNW 05:23, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

• Please Keep, Yes, the article did sound too enthusiastic (I am a collector of the art) and thus sounded commercial. I have smoothed it out to be more encyclopedic. I also removed all images until I understand the license tagging better, and have talked to the studio. User:Jamesb01 09:23, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

• Comment I think WP:COI might be relevant here. The fact that you collect this person's work gives the appearance of a commercial motivation; the promotion of the work is to your advantage. As mentioned above, there are no independent sources, no scholastic or journalistic references. JNW 19:46, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

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.