Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aung Kyaw Htet


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was no consensus.  Sandstein  18:10, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Aung Kyaw Htet

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Fails WP:NARTIST. Significant coverage in independent reliable sources not found. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 16:45, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 16:49, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Myanmar-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 16:49, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete for lack of sources in article and on web. Note that this is probably because he is in Burma, and we are unlikely to find a large number of English sources on him or his work. I have the sense form an image search, and a few namechecks in Google Books, that he would actually be notable if we were able to search and read in Burmese or Thai.104.163.148.25 (talk) 00:48, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ad Orientem (talk) 02:22, 4 March 2018 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: please can we evaluate the new sources?
 * Keep although I am concerned about a possible COI from one of the editors (apparently same family name), language barriers should not lead the delete discussion. If there are sources, they need to be considered. The English language sources I did find, do indeed strongly indicate notability, e.g. his work being at auction at Bonhams, this galley exhibition, or this gallery profile indicating his work being exhibited in major national galleries. One of Thailand's leading English language newspapers ran this article, similarly the Burmese newspaper had this pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 07:36, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spartaz Humbug! 10:32, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep -- Passes WP:ARTIST as shown by Jake Brockman above. Also this GBooks search shows a wide range of shows at a wide range of galleries.  Finally, while 104.163.148.25 above is putatively arguing for the deletion of this article, their assertion that " he would actually be notable if we were able to search and read in Burmese or Thai" is actually an argument against deletion.  Per WP:ARTN it's the sources in the world that determine notability rather than the sources which happen to be present in the article at the moment. 192.160.216.52 (talk) 13:52, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
 * We do not keep things on the off chance that sources might exist in another language that we are unable to read. They have to actually exist. Also, your Gnews search if you actually examine the results, shows only one sentence or less mentions. Such routine mentions are not considered to be RS. Having a  wide range of shows at a wide range of galleries also has no value in terms of determining notability. That is what all artists, notable or not, do. 104.163.147.121 (talk) 20:58, 13 March 2018 (UTC)


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