Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher Y. Lew


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Jovanmilic97 (talk) 16:28, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Christopher Y. Lew

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No evidence of any notability. Self promotion, passing mentions etc but nothing reliable and independent discussing the subject. Moved without review from Draft to mainspace by the author long before it might have been ready. Fails WP:GNG  Velella  Velella Talk 04:46, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep I respectfully disagree. I am in no way affiliated with the subject, just an art historian. This subject is worthy of an article in my opinion. Please see references that include NYTimes, artforum, and The Creative Independent. --Wil540 art (talk) 04:55, 1 February 2019 (UTC)--Wil540 art (talk) 03:47, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep this one is not so clear cut at first glance. The New York Times article used as the first ref is a namecheck and has no depth; on the other hand this W Magazine article has lots of depth. Enough sources are out there to establish GNG easily. Add to this the fact that he co-curated one of the Whitney Biennales (one of the top ten or twenty art exhibitions in the world) and you could probably make an argument that he meets some part of WP:CREATIVE. The guy is high-level. And let's not forget all the coverage that was generated by the Whitney show, like this article in Time, with a video, this Vogue magazine article, this rather good article in the New York Times, and so on. And those were easy to find.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 09:08, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Nosebagbear (talk) 14:19, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep agree per above and Google News results suggest sufficient notability. Hninthuzar (talk) 16:37, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
 * OMFG Strong Speedy Keep are you kidding me? 1) Nancy and Fred Poses Curator - named full curator 2) Curated the Whitney Biennial, which alone is enough 3) For better or for worse, was at the center of the Dana Schutz fiasco, along with Mia Locks (and which should probably be included this article. --Theredproject (talk) 17:57, 10 February 2019 (UTC)


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