Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ben Rowan

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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 of the debate was delete. bainer (talk) 09:52, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ben Rowan

Got here from Special:Lonelypages, and I can't find any verification that this person exists. (ESkog)(Talk) 05:11, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete as hoax, possibly meriting a speedy. Zero relevant Google hits for "'Ben Rowan' Australia." The article's ambiguous statement "Ben studied art in America he attended the famous Art School in Westport, Connecticut." is suspicious for its vagueness. I found three art schools in Westport, CT: one in dance, one in music, and one for children.[1] There was a Westport Art School which appears to be long defunct. The most recent reference I can locate is 1960. [2] There is no longer any fine arts program in Westport, CT. [3] The hazy chronology suggests that he studied art sometime after 1968. I should add that the article claims Czechoslovakian heritage but the name is Irish. Durova 08:55, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Weak delete. Unless people put hoaxes in their Deviant Art profile, I think this artist may exist. Unfortunately, the whole things is not verifiable. Is there a Wiki Art project we can refer this to? - Mgm|(talk) 13:26, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
    • I wouldn't consider DeviantART much of a source when it comes to verifying the facts or existance of someone. Anyone can set up an account in seconds and write pretty much anything. I'm listed as someone's favourite photographer there too, but that doesn't mean I'm really recognised as a photography professional. DA is a great site, and a lot of fun to use and browse, but shouldn't be used to verify information. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 18:17, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
    • Double check those four hits at Deviant Art. They don't refer to an artist by this name. They're just incidental occurrences of Ben and Rowan in the same work. None of them are in the medium that this article claims is Ben Rowan's primary work. Durova 18:38, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete unverifiable per Mgm Just zis  Guy, you know? [T]/[C] AfD? 15:28, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete if not hoax, at least he is extremelly obscure. Not worthy of an encyclopedia entry --Mecanismo | Talk 16:04, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete - no verifiable evidence on Google see [4]. Two Australian stories came up in a search for Ben Rowan in Australian media both related to a baker who made roo pies for Australia Day. If this guy exists, he is not a well known artist in Australia. Macquarie.net came up with the roo pie guy but no artists. Webster World came up with no hits on this guy at all. Capitalistroadster 16:27, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. --Roisterer 03:55, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete Vanity. Jgritz 03:18, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, The artist is not a hoax, if it is not against any copyrights I can post a picture. The piece was done in 1979 so yes the old art school that it mentions is probably gone by now. I intend to do more about the medium if I can find the information, as you can see it is a hard topic to research, so therefore SHOULD be kept on Wikipedia. Redcrystal 09:12, 21 December 2005 (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.