Talk:David Bailey
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[edit] Disambiguation
I think this should be moved to "David Bailey (photographer)", with the contents of the section on Other David Bailey's remaining under David Bailey as a disambig page. But I'm a little too lacking in confidence to do it, and am not sure if maybe as is is fine (as most will be looking for this David Bailey, I guess). Scottkeir 02:05, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
- Well, I found a list of five other guys at the top distracting. So I made a disambiguation page. Whether or not this page should be moved to David Bailey (photographer), I don't know. NickelShoe 21:28, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
There is a link to a David Bailey website on the external links. Is this the David Bailey we are talking about? The site in question is: http://www.davidbaileyphotography.com/
If no one objects, I will move the page to David Bailey (photographer) and then moved the current disambig page for David Bailey here. (as discussed a while back above).--Roswell native (pls use signing with four tildes) 03:14, 29 December 2006
- Hi. I had a quick look at the disambiguation page and recognise none of the other David Baileys. While this may just be my own parochial PoV, which I don't want to impose on others, I would argue that this should be the DB page as this gentleman is a significant photographer and artist, who has had a considerable effect on the development of portrait photography. It would be akin to moving Matisse to a disambiguation page. This David Bailey has many portraits in the National Portrait gallery, the V&A and other world class museums. They include the definitive images of most 20th century icons, from Nixon to the Rolling Stones.
- I believe the link is to his commercial website, and the bureau owned by him.
- This is just my PoV, so may I suggest referring the matter to a group - like photo-hist - who have specialist knowledge of his importance - before any rash moves. This would accord with wiki policy of having a main article for the principle use of any name, with a disambiguation for secondary uses. Kbthompson 10:18, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
