Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carlos Arroyo (architect)


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The result was   keep. JForget 00:07, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Carlos Arroyo (architect)

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Previously deleted through WP:PROD, challenged, undeleted by me; needs full debate. There were two concurring PROD tags; gave the reason "Notability. This young architect has neither made any impact, built any renowned building, nor has been subject to media coverage. No major academic publications. Part/time lecturer in a university";  concurred: "Searching for sources was difficult. This person shares a name with a basketball player and Ecuadoran president but narrowing it down to a search for architects came up empty." Chick Bowen 03:56, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
 * keep I wrote an article on Carlos Arroyo in Spanish, and translated it into Duch. I was glad to see that someone had written (not translated) a new one in English. I just googled for Carlos Arroyo Architect and got 29.300 results. Then typed "Carlos Arroyo" architect -basketball -basket -NBA -baloncesto and got 16.200. --Arch-Ark (talk) 04:14, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
 * a lot of these refer to the architect, even though filters like -inpublisher:icon are mostly USA and South America centred. This is a European architect, and yet you find he is quoted in several Argentinian publications for instance.--Arch-Ark (talk) 04:32, 31 October 2009 (UTC) -- also, in the article there is a list of printed books and periodicals, these are not online material, but if you google for the titles and indexes they are easily verified.--217.126.159.15 (talk) 09:25, 2 November 2009 (UTC)


 * comment I just edited the article, adding his list of Awards, which I have found in his website (spanish/bio/full_cv).--Arch-Ark (talk) 04:53, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - This person does appear to be notable in the architect world, primarily in Spain. There does seem to be enough available content on him (remember, as he's Spanish ""Carlos Arroyo" arquitecto"" is a better search term)  and this building he designed seems to have garnered a lot of attention in which Clarence Seedorf lived in. --Oakshade (talk) 05:03, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep International awards and honours, a long list of academic publications, TV programmes, radio broadcasts, and exhibitions in Venice Biennale or Paris Cité de l'Architecture, Carlos Arroyo is in the Scientific Committee of Europan, a most respected European-wide institution. He writes and publishes in El Croquis. His buildings are in Guidebooks. Guest lecturer in Tokio, New York's MoMA, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Milano, the whole of South America. --Megustalastrufas (talk) 10:52, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep: Passes WP:CREATIVE. Joe Chill (talk) 13:29, 31 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak keep seems to pass WP:CREATIVE. Coffee //  have a cup  //  ark  // 20:52, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
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