Talk:Terry English

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To be added to the article when reliable sources are found[edit]

1) I've read in several articles about Terry English that in 2000 he was Armourer to the Queen / the Royal Armourer. The Royal Armourer is an official title, held by someone who is part armourer and part curator/historian/conservator of the royal collection of armour. As far as I can see, the recent Royal Armourers are Simon Metcalf (current), and James L Jackson who retired in 2003. I wonder if English made armour for the Royal Collection and so was 'an' armourer to the Queen, rather than being 'the' Armourer?

2) I've also read that he repaired armour in the royal collection, but can't find a reliable source stating this. Stronach (talk) 15:55, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The problem here is that notability is not about what he has done. Notability is determined by substantial coverage in independent reliable sources, sufficient to write a reasonably detailed article about the subject. I certainly don't see anything approaching that here. - SummerPhD^v2.0 05:51, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A detailed profile of him in Country Life, a New Scientist article, BBC website coverage - these are all reliable, independent sources. Stronach (talk) 12:54, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

3) Reliable sources needed that he worked on Lawrence of Arabia.

Removal of tags[edit]

To whom it may concern:

Hi there. I've been working on the article I started about Terry English, and wonder if it can have the notability and sources tags removed?

He's been an odd one to make a page about, as he seems to have flown under the radar publicity-wise, despite working on many high-profile films. From what I can gather he has only recently started giving in-depth interviews. He has been described as 'widely acknowledged as the best armourer in the world' in an article about him in the UK weekly magazine Country Life, and his work is held in the UK royal collection of armour, as well as in other museums. Adam Savage dedicated a seven-part filmed series to his work. Many of the online references to him refer to him as 'legendary', 'the great', etc (obviously these haven't been put into the article as the sources are not newspapers, magazines etc) so he is clearly held in high esteem. He seems to be one of those craftsmen that has been overlooked for some reason. I hope I have found enough sources/reasons to prove his notability and why he deserves a Wikipedia page. (I watched the Adam Savage videos and came to Wikipedia to look him up and was astounded he didn't have a page, given all his accomplishments).

Cheers, Stronach (talk) 16:43, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]