Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walter S. Bowman

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The result was keep. postdlf (talk) 21:13, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Walter S. Bowman

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Sources in the article fail to demonstrate/assert any notability, and there is nothing but trivial coverage elsewhere that I was able to locate. The Oregonian's historical archives have a total of one article, which is a short (7 sentences) obit focused more on the car crash than his life. Aboutmovies (talk) 03:58, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oregon-related deletion discussions. Aboutmovies (talk) 04:01, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Photography-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:28, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:28, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per WP:ARTIST 4.D "is represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums." His works are represented in the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, the National Cowboy Museum [1] and University of Oregon. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 18:50, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It has to be several, and the UO is the archives, not a gallery or museum (basically his family donated his items to the school). If there are other notable museums/galleries where his works are part of permenant collection, so be it, but there is nothing in the article cited as such. Aboutmovies (talk) 19:24, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the cowboy and cowgirl are separate institutions. The UO has a number of galleries and museums,[2] I'd have to google to find which he is held and exhibited in. Understood about the archive but they seem to display works there and have his works in multiple collections, major universities galleries and museums are notable institutions, and being archived in one adds to notability. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 20:04, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The Cowboy and Cowgirl are two separate institutions, so his work is held by two major institutions, he passes notability requirements.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:37, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: the article is now well developed (thanks to Candleabracadabra (talk · contribs)) and certainly documents what seems to be a reasonably notable person. Aboutmovies might have been influenced by relying on online sources, but since Bowman died in 1938, his information would be expected to be mostly in pre-1950 publications, still something of a "dark ages" for internet information. —EncMstr (talk) 17:08, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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