Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chaouki Chamoun


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The result was   keep. Xymmax So let it be written   So let it be done  22:46, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

Chaouki Chamoun

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I couldn't establish that this meets WP:NOTABILITY criteria Boleyn (talk) 23:54, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MelanieN (talk) 02:27, 16 December 2014 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Keep – It's kind of hard to verify because most of the sources are in Arabic, but he seems to be a big-name, well established artist in the Middle East. That's clear from this version of the article. Most of it was deleted as unsourced. It could have also been deleted as copyvio from the Bio at his website. But he is notable. President of the Lebannon artists association, set a record for highest price for a painting by living Lebannese artist at Christie’s in London. There is a big retrospective book on him, published in London: The Art and Life of Chaouki Chamoun. – Margin1522 (talk) 04:09, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment Thanks for the source, I've added it to the article. I'm not convinced it's a reliable source though, as reads in a promotional manner. Boleyn (talk) 08:11, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, definitely not, it's a publisher's blurb. I did add the one review of the book that I was able to find in English. I think just the fact that he was selected as the subject of a monograph shows that he is considered to be one of more important artists in Lebanon. Also I added a link to his 2013 show at the Beirut Exhibition Center, which is apparently one of the two big exhibition spaces for contemporary art in the city. It was quite a large show, as mentioned in the book review. – Margin1522 (talk) 02:20, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 14:46, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. There is a feature length piece on him in The Daily Star "Chamoun looks West, then East" giving many details that could be used in the article.  Many other news and magazine sources, while not discussing in depth, indicate that they think he is important, (Executive Magazine),  (South China Morning Post),  (Wall Street Journal).  He is clearly locally notable in Lebanon, and seems to have made enough of an impression outside Lebanon to be considered to have worldwide notability. SpinningSpark 19:23, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
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