Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Darcy White


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The result was   delete. Icewedge (talk) 17:41, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Darcy White

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I've tried fixing this up, but to no avail. A number of editors have attempted to insert this artist's name in a number of articles. The main problem is this: there are a number of grandiose claims made, and few actually check out. If you look at this version, you'll see claims to having exhibited at Moscow Biennale, Manifesta and The Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade Serbia. The provided references do not support this, nor do searches of the respective sites. Claims to having collaborated with Joan Jonas and being written about by Douglas Crimp was referenced with a print source, but it should be noted that google, google books and google scholar come up with nothing for Darcy White + Joan Jonas and Darcy White + Douglas: Crimp,, , , ,. Likewise, just "Darcy White" comes up with nothing that links to this artist. I'm wondering if this is just a young artist attempting to beef up their profile hoping no one will check, or perhaps he's somehow connected to some or all of these institutions and individuals, but not as an artist (as a tech perhaps?), but in any case, there is no evidence of notability, except for two exhibitions in Canada.  freshacconci  talk talk  20:19, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions.  — freshacconci  talk talk  20:23, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment It should also be noted that there are no less than 6(!) new editors who worked on this article on June 3. I have no idea what this means: 5 socks or meatpuppets, or just 6 strangers with a passion for young Canadian video artists.  freshacconci  talk talk  20:40, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Further comment All but one of these 6 has worked either only on this article or only on this and Artopia, an article created on that day and itself proposed for deletion, about a magazine published in Toronto, where Darcy White is said to work. I think "6 strangers" is improbable. JamesBWatson (talk) 08:07, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete As per nom. Who looks to have covered it pretty thoroughly. Setwisohi (talk) 21:36, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom.--Ethicoaestheticist (talk) 21:38, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete nothing on Google... can only find a graphic designer in Texas. Hairhorn (talk) 21:44, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Nominator has done a good job of showing lack of notability. Edward321 (talk) 22:37, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom...Modernist (talk) 03:40, 4 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete I have checked each of the web pages given as citations: not one of them even mentions Darcy White, so I have deleted them. Also I have made web searches for numerous combinations of names and "facts" referred to in the article, and found no evidence to support any of them. In short, I can find no evidence of any notability at all. JamesBWatson (talk) 07:55, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete The |MSUB Webpage where the original editor claimed he had a solo show has no records of Darcy White. (sources that don't check out are reason for a speedy delete: G3 "blatant hoax") Enki H. (talk) 03:55, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete I don't see anything notable here and looks like a hoax. Arty pants,  Babble 17:51, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.