Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alex Anderson (artist)


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The result was delete. Consensus is there are not quite enough suitable sources to write an article. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  11:12, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

Alex Anderson (artist)

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Subject of article lacks in-depth significant coverage in reliable sources hence falls short of WP:GNG. Fails WP:ANYBIO also. Celestina007 (talk) 09:49, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
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 * Comment I am more or less neutral on this one. The LA times review is excellent, and there are a few other sources, but it is hard to find extensive coverage. At the same time there is some coverage.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 12:33, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete I think it may be a too soon. As the LA times points out, Anderson was (in 2018) not yet 30 and fresh from the MFA program in ceramics at UCLA. It doesn't make sense to me to have encyclopedia articles about people who haven't had a career yet. This is clearly an emerging artist. As art careers go, we can differentiate between emerging, mid-career and established artists. While some mid-career artists have a significant body of work that has received sufficient critical attention to make it possible to write an article about them, only established artists have a career that shows an extensive and mature body of work, consistent history of sales, auction records, museum exhibits and monographs that make them notable. We should focus our efforts on those artists. Vexations (talk) 13:31, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Weak delete - Per User:ThatMontrealIP, I'm pretty undecided on this one as well. The LA Times piece is clearly the best kind of coverage for establishing notability, but as far as I can tell, this is the one piece of "good" coverage the guy has. I'm not sure that cuts mustard. NickCT (talk) 16:14, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep - This artist has presented at Art Basel Miami, the Seattle Museum of Art, and has credible news sources. DustyLosAngeles (talk) 19:22, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
 * , with regards to credible news sources: https://wsimag.com/art/40096-wonderland is problematic. It has nothing to do with Wall Street or the Wall Street Journal. It's published in Montenegro. The problem with Wall Street International is its business model: It's free and it features no advertising. I suspect that they get paid to promote their subjects. Vexations (talk) 12:51, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete lacks significant media coverage, purchases by museums for permanant collections, stuff like that.NotButtigieg (talk) 18:46, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete This article lacks all needed sources. Some sources are credible but needs more work. If not deleted needs to be moved to draft for improvement. DaMonster997 (talk) 13:21, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Weak delete per WP:TOOSOON and WP:SIGCOV - while he has exhibited in the art capital of LA, his recent Fulbright and lack of substantial media coverage indicate he's still up-and-coming. Bearian (talk) 22:48, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep artists are known for their work and this one was reviewed in the Los Angeles Times. He gets a bio in the Wall Street International Magazine. A bio in a college newspaper The Phoenix. Also passes WP:ANYBIO for his Fulbright Scholar award. Lightburst (talk) 21:35, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
 * , the Wall Street International Magazine is not a reliable source. Vexations (talk) 23:13, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
 * The Fulbright Scholar award does not confer automatic notability, but I put it with the other sources like LA Times and I think we have WP:BARE. Lightburst (talk) 23:31, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
 * , now we have one source that we can use to write a biography. How are we going to do that? Vexations (talk) 01:58, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Artists need to pass WP:ARTIST. This one does not.NotButtigieg (talk) 10:52, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Per WP:N the subject must pass SNG or GNG. I appear to be outnumbered here yet my !vote stands. Lightburst (talk) 19:10, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Coffee //  have a ☕️ //  beans  // 06:45, 14 January 2020 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   15:06, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete as Lightburst says, this is a case of WP:BARE. Curiocurio (talk) 19:05, 27 January 2020 (UTC)


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