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This was written (quickly -- I realized five minutes into writing it I would be called away in 15 minutes and I was) after I discovered his input into A Sand County Almanac. It was written eight hours after that when I'd reviewed his work on that book, The Wild Mammals of Missouri, and reading about the films and TV programs he and his wife did. I saved it in case of a computer problem and came back to a notice that it's been proposed for deletion on grounds of not meeting standards and notability. I can hardly argue about the standards when my User page says: "He...contributes reluctantly because he is not comfortable with what is considered a reasonable style. Please help him out by taking an aggressive approach to revising his articles." (What I mean is more complicated than that. I'm willing to argue about "Objectivity" for hours though I am willing to follow directions to write what people call that -- and which seems to me to be nothing more than a modern invention so no I don't generally contribute). As for the question of notability, his murals in Jefferson City Missouri, a description of which was linked to by someone else in the reference section, his illustrations for a book with a Wikipedia page of its own, his collaborations with his wife -- including a book still in print and specific documentaries which the web pages I've added call award winning (something I'm not going to add without specific awards which I don't have). Obviously it's not done, but I am addressing the standards issue while the notability issue is rather annoying. Like John Schoenherr, whose page I also started, Mr. Schwartz seems more influential than famous. Jplatt39 (talk) 00:35, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
