Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert A. Fletcher

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I have carried out WP:BEFORE and added two references to this previously unsourced article about an artist. It has been tagged as needing more citations since 2007. It looks as if it was proposed for WP:SPEEDY in 2007, for copyvio and promotionalism, but survived. The sources I have added are from local papers and I do not think this person meets WP:ARTIST or WP:GNG. Tacyarg (talk) 23:52, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Artists, Visual arts, and New York. Tacyarg (talk) 23:52, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
• Weak delete This article about a Silent Generation US veteran, small business partner, and painter in the industrial and landscape styles was apparently [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_A._Fletcher&oldid=104927218 written] by [https://www.warwickadvertiser.com/milestones/obituaries/robert-a-fletcher-YX2404526 his grandson]. That same local obituary claims that his collection of 21 military paintings was "highly acclaimed by the military and government officials", yet I couldn't find any mention of this in reports from the time it happened, or any wider notice of his art outside of these 2 entities. His art was displayed in his hometown of Warwick, New York, where it was featured in town hall, and where he was name-checked as a [https://access-newspaperarchive-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/us/new-york/middletown/middletown-times-herald-record/1976/11-29/page-10/ member] of its art league. Even if more substantial confirmation of the US Capitol displays can be found, I'm not sure the obit claim, or his few illustrated books, satisfy WP:NARTIST #3 or 4b, or WP:ANYBIO #1 or 2. StonyBrook _babble 12:29, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
• Delete - Coverage is local from the Warwick Advertiser. and the Warwick Dispatch (Warwick, NY). WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:19, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

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