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.
Keep First two Google hits are in-depth articles in The Times (London) and the San Francisco Chronicle. This photographer traveled on the Rolling Stones 1969 tour that included the debacle at Altamont. This tour was arguably the most historically significant by what many music historians describe as "the greatest rock and roll band in the world". Indisputably notable- just add readily available references. Cullen328 (talk) 21:06, 17 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Ethan Russell was also the photographer for the final photo session of the Beatles when they broke up in August, 1969. He is described in several books about the history of rock music. Cullen328 (talk) 21:37, 17 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The claims that he's related to various notables don't confer notability and neither do the verifiable claims that he has photographed various commercially successful musicians. What does is that he's recognized for the latter and (although I haven't yet looked) perhaps more. So when HuffPo wanted a piece about Lennon, they called Russell (with the result here). -- Hoary (talk) 02:18, 18 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I've added 8 solid references to the article and rewritten it significantly. I think notability is now well-established. I've also removed spammy references from the body of the article, and will rework and trim the spammy external links in days to come. Cullen328 (talk) 04:46, 22 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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