Talk:Lorna Bailey

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This article was nominated for deletion on 26 November 2007. The result of the discussion was Keep.

glorious self promotion!

Lorna Bailey is NOT notable using wikipedias guidlines... the published works are all published by her and her family...as is the article I suspect.

self-published books, personal websites, and blogs are not acceptable as sources.

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You'd think she could supply a better photo of herself however!

Contents 1 Self Promotion 2 blatant advertising 3 Notability 4 Authorship 5 References 6 Page has now been re-cfd

[edit] Self Promotion

Note that this is apparently an autobiographical article that points to the author's own website and newsletters as its only information source. This is highly in appropriate for a Wikipedia article.The subject may be worthy of an article? However, the information sources used to support this claim for notability must come from some sources other than a self-promoting website and self published newsletters. 88.109.23.29 09:26, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] blatant advertising

Why wasn't this speedy deleted months ago? 88.109.54.4 09:32, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notability

Lorna Bailey is one of the most notable of contemporary ceramics designers and manufacturers in the UK. Her ceramics are featured in Collectables Price Guide 2007 (Judith Miller's Price Guides Series), in Michael Hogben's (2007) 100 Antiques of the Future (New Holland Publishers), and also regularly in Collect It! magazine. As mentioned in the article, Lorna Bailey was awarded an honorary doctorate by Staffordshire University for her services to pottery design (2005). She also won Midlands Business Woman of the Year (1998) and was invited to a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace in 2002 (itself an honour). PsycheMan 19:58, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Authorship

The principal author of this article is NOT a member of Lorna Bailey's family, nor a personal friend. The purpose of the article is not advertising. Rather it aims to present useful information to collectors and members of the public interested in Lorna Bailey's work and her contribution to pottery design. PsycheMan 19:58, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References

I agree Lorna is notable. It might help your case if you could provide references/sources that were not published by Lorna herself? ie. secondary rather than primary? Teapotgeorge 17:42, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Page has now been re-cfd

This article has now been re-cfd again after article creator User:PsycheMan have removed the tag as seen on this link