Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Emily Willoughby
I don't think anyone is arguing that she has established herself as an influential scientist or author, but as an artist she has established herself as quite an influential figure in the paleoart community. The problem here is that paleoart is a niche field which rarely receives any kind of literary discussion like other forms of art, and Willoughby herself has been on the scene for less than a decade. Paleoart is a type of functional art, not necessarily something designed for exhibitions, collectors, or magazine critics. She received the fifth highest number of votes as an influence in David Orr's 2017 survey of paleoartists, higher than Charles Knight and James Gurney. And on the 2019 survey, she received the second highest number of votes, behind only Mark Witton.https://chasmosaurs.com/survey/ Admittedly I'm not sure how Wikipedia would deal with a blog-hosted survey from a reliable source perspective, but the process appeared to be transparent, methodical, and protected against manipulation. Her art has been featured heavily in Mark Witton (2018)'s "The Paleoartist's Handbook" and she has a whole chapter in Steve White (2017)'s "Dinosaur Art II", two prominent and fairly successful books discussing modern paleoart, its current major figures, and its influence on pop culture. She seems to fit the check marks of . Also, I see no reason why she in particular is being excluded, the original proposal for deletion did not even mention NARTIST, which is by far the most relevant category here
— User:Fanboyphilosopher, 02:40, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:ARTIST (Wikipedia:Notability)