User talk:Kurtck

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Proposed deletion of Michael Gericke


The article Michael Gericke has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing General notability guideline and the more detailed Notability (biographies) requirement. If you disagree and deprod this, please explain how it meets them on the talk page in the form of "This article meets criteria A and B because..." and ping me back. Thank you,

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on |the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 04:09, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Dear Piotrus,

Michael Gericke is worthy of a Wikipedia page. He is a senior partner of Pentagram, widely considered to be one of the most important design firms in the world. Many if not most of our other partners have biographies on Wikipedia. He is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale, the world's organization of distinguished graphic designers. He has designed many iconic symbols, logos and graphic systems.

We have been adding additional information and citations and working to expand the biography.

I work for Michael and I understand the conflict of interest, but it is our hope that others will build on and expand the bio.

I appreciate your help and ask that you not delete the biography.

Kurtck (talk) 17:07, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

re: Michael Gericke
You can deprod it. But you have to show how does he past WP:ARTIST. Not each artist/graphic designer belongs to an encyclopedia. And if other similar articles are here, do note WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is only a reason to scrutinize those other articles more closely (a lot of spam makes it through, sadly). The problem, as I see it currently, is that your article contains sources that mention him only in passing, ex. "...logo designed by..." in article that is otherwise totally about company X. This does not seem sufficient to me. Membership in Alliance Graphique Internationale is worth noting, but it is not clear it is sufficient: we need a reliable source that would say that its members are elite of its profession, or otherwise highly recognized. If you could, for example, provide such a source (an academic book or article would be best, newspaper second best), as well as discuss how does one become a member of AGI, then we could hopefully agree that the membership suffices. Otherwise, I am afraid we will have a problem (and a subsequent deletion discussion). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 02:16, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of Michael Gericke for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Michael Gericke is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Michael Gericke until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Ashenai (talk) 03:09, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi! Bit of a snafu at the Teahouse...
Hello! Your recent edit at the Teahouse reverted the whole page to a week-old state; this usually happens when you accidentally edit an old version of the page. I've fixed it, but if you submitted a question or comment, I'm afraid it was lost in the shuffle. Please feel free to resubmit it! --Ashenai (talk) 22:09, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

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