Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alan Chin (photographer)


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The result was keep. czar 16:14, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Alan Chin (photographer)

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Looks like this photographer has done plenty of work, but doesn't have anything that meets WP:ARTIST or WP:JOURNALIST. The article is essentially unreferenced. Lots of external links to stories/photo-essays that the subject was involved with, many are dead links. The remainder are articles that Chin wrote himself. Seems a little grand and self-promoting. Since there's no real claim to notability and better references aren't forthcoming, I'm nominating for deletion. Mikeblas (talk) 15:06, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
 *  Speedy keep Keep The article states: "His work can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Detroit Institute of Art." (my external links added). WP:ARTIST requires that the subject's work has "been represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums." -Lopifalko (talk) 16:05, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
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 * Keep: meets WP:CREATIVE, with works held in permanent collections of major museums; there's also a prize which seems significant. --K.e.coffman (talk) 00:21, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. Meets a notability criterion (and only one needs to be met). Incidentally, I'm surprised by the warning flags attached to items in the list of external links; Mikeblas might consider WP:ELMAYBE, item 4. -- Hoary (talk) 04:14, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. I'm here via the academic deletion sorting list, and he isn't notable as a professor, but he meets WP:ARTIST and a single notability criterion is good enough. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:00, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep: meets WP:ARTIST and WP:CREATIVE. --SalmanZ (talk) 19:47, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep: Meets WP:CREATIVE. Multiple nominations for the Pulitzer Prize and the works in museums are clinchers. -- Otr500 (talk) 01:32, 12 June 2020 (UTC)


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