Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alan Reed (artist)


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The result was delete. ✗ plicit  23:41, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Alan Reed (artist)

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This article has been tagged for notability, WP:COI, WP:OR and promo-tone since 2011. It appears to be an AUTOBIO per creator's original name: Pa2alanreed. While there are quite a few citations, several are permanently dead (I was able to recover only a few thru archive.org), or are trivial mentions or did not mention him at all. I tried cleaning up, but I'm uncertain if he meets our notability criteria for artists WP:NARTISTS. I couldn't find any work in notable gallery or museum collections; he does not seem to be a important figure or is widely cited by peers or successors; has not developed a new or unique technique; nor created a well-known body of work. No important awards (being a "runner up" for an award does not confer notability.) Yes, he has shown his work, is skilled, and he runs his own gallery which sells his own work, but is that enough? A BEFORE search did not reveal anything (perhaps because he has a common name.) Bringing it here for input from the community. Netherzone (talk) 23:38, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. Netherzone (talk) 23:38, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. Netherzone (talk) 23:38, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 01:09, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete I don't see any significant coverage in independent, reliable sources. His work does not appear in any collections of notable museums, there is no monograph, and while his work occasionally appears on the secondary market, the estimates and prices achieved at auction are low. Reed has a website where he posts reviews, https://alanreed.com/reviews-and-testimonies-alan-reed-art/, but those reviews are by his customers, not independent reviewers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vexations (talk • contribs)
 * Delete This artist fails WP:NARTIST, and appears to be written by editors with CIO. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 02:41, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom fails WP:GNG and WP:NARTIST.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 12:19, 4 December 2021 (UTC)


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