Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cafer Bater


 * 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 delete‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Despite Jfire's laudable attempts at finding something, "likely" sources are not a sufficient basis to retain an aricle in the light of WP:V. All Wikipedia content must be verifiable, i.e. based on actually existing and identifiable sources.  Sandstein  08:39, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Cafer Bater

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I couldn't establish that he meets WP:ARTIST or WP:GNG. This has been in CAT:NN for 14 years; hopefully we can now resolve it. Boleyn (talk) 18:44, 16 January 2024 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 02:01, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Artists and Turkey. Shellwood (talk) 19:24, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment I am not finding much either. The best I've found so far is https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/162234564.pdf which is a tribute written after the artist's death. It is in the archives of the Istanbul Şehir University Library. Elspea756 (talk) 22:16, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep. I can't produce definitive sources, but based on what I have found, I think that there are likely Turkish offline sources from the 1980s and 1990s that would satisfy WP:ARTIST or WP:GNG.
 * I think these are all exhibition catalogues or pamphlets:, ,.
 * The last of the above corresponds to a memorial exhibition that occurred after his death. Milliyet has a brief article about the exhibition opening, which calls Bater one of Turkey's most important watercolor painters, and another about it being extended due to its popularity.
 * There is a 1987 column in Milliyet archives which I can't access: . And I'm guessing the third result there, dated 03.04.1994, mentions his death.
 * There are two catalogs that I can't access:.
 * Together, these lead me to believe that he was a notable pre-internet Turkish watercolor artist, for which GNG-establishing sources will likely only be found in Turkish, and offline. Jfire (talk) 04:06, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Delete: Fails GNG and NBIO, nothing showing this meets WP:ARTIST. Sources in article (single ref and ELs) and BEFORE show nothing with WP:SIGCOV from WP:IS WP:RS addressing the subject directly and indepth. Ping me if WP:IS sources are added to article that meet WP:SIGCOV and are not OBITs.  // Timothy :: talk  19:28, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete I am not finding significant reliable sources for this artist. Not finding him listed as part of any notable collections. --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:27, 29 January 2024 (UTC)


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