Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher Jobson


 * 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 redirect to Colossal (blog). Skipping the side discussion about nominating an article so soon after it's created, there's basically universal agreement to redirect. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:33, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

Christopher Jobson

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A quick google search shows very little of this person or how notable he may be. I will let the community decide as i was a borderline decision of QD or AFD 10MB (talk) 11:41, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for starting the discussion. I'm happy to go with whatever direction the community decides, but I will mention that the website he created has 10 million monthly readers and the breadth of references I included in the article span almost 8 years and include the National Endowment for the Arts, Fast Company, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Jobson--and his website--seem to have staying power. Within the art world he is very highly regarding. In fact, they included the blog in a Apple TV ad a few years ago.

Thanks again, Fullrabb (talk) 11:45, 12 August 2019 (UTC)Fullrabb


 * Comment Fullrabb just created the page and you're nominating his work straight away for AfD? Wouldn't it of been more prudent to discuss concerns with Fullrabb first? Govvy (talk) 12:12, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
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 * Redirect to the article on the blog. The blog is notable, but he does not appear to have any separate notability  DGG ( talk ) 00:07, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Colossal (blog) per DGG as, some basic biographical information aside, this article is mostly about the blog anyway. Notability outside of that has not been established. -- Kinu t/<i style="color:red">c</i> 06:21, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
 * COMMENT I had a search of the person and found his website seems to be more significant than the creator. I thought it would be more premature of me to put it on direct QD. However, i am willing to withdraw should there be shown prof of his notability beyond his blog 10MB (talk) 09:05, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Reply The fact remains, the article was created at 12:37, 12 August 2019 and you sent it to AfD 15:46, 12 August 2019‎ of the same day by my timestamp. I also thought it was of poor etiquette that you didn't question or ask Fullrabb, give him time to find more sources to improve it. If the article was highly contentious material I would understand the quick AfD, but I didn't feel this needed a speedy delete. I did read through the article and thought the sources a little routine. I am in agreement that a redirect is appropriate, however it's down to how we process AfDs and at times I question the methods of people who deal with them. Govvy (talk) 09:43, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

I went in today and fleshed out the information on Jobson's imprint on the art world. I added more references and found examples of his curation work. You will notice he was asked by Banksy to curate a short film collection for one of his installation projects. I believe there was feedback that we needed to show more importance from Jobson's non-Colossal work. Let me know if you think this improves the article. Best, Fullrabb (talk) 20:53, 14 August 2019 (UTC)Fullrabb


 * Comment I am still not really seeing enough to pass WP:GNG in my view, there are a good few references however they don't really go into much detail about Jobson. Govvy (talk) 09:16, 15 August 2019 (UTC)


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