Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Haley Mellin


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The result was delete. I also did some due diligence and didn't find enough to qualify for significant coverage per GNG. Missvain (talk) 19:45, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Haley Mellin

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WP:NARTIST fail. I can't track down any reviews, collections or independent reporting on her work as an artist. The veracity of some claims is suspect, for example an earlier version of the page says she is in three museum collections, none of which check out. She has a category on Commons, but its contents if this is a hoax. She is the founder of something called Art into Acres, for which there are a few interviews. There appears to be some promotional editing going on between that article and this one (for example, see this earlier version of the Mellin page). All in all, I suspect this article is here by way of promotion rather than independent unbiased recognition. --- Possibly (talk) 04:38, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Doesn't meet WP:GNG. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yinglong999 (talk • contribs)
 * comment very unlikely to be a hoax, see this profile and here and it seems she has had exhibitions in the US and Europe including in MOMA which do seem to make her close to pass notability. --hroest 18:36, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I was wondering more about the veracity of the art career. MoMA in New York has an searchable online record of everyone who has ever shown there; she is not listed. Similarly, when I checked the claim that she had shown at the SculptureCenter in New York, the SC website says she donated work for three benefit exhibitions, which are fundraisers rather than curated shows. There is a lot of inflation going on here, and my guess is that when you take the inflation away, there is not enough to meet GNG. --- Possibly (talk) 18:42, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  09:21, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per Possibly, and my research and revisions to the Conservation section of the article; the inflation and verification concerns do not appear to be limited to the art, and I have not been able to find sufficient independent and reliable sources to support WP:BASIC notability. Beccaynr (talk) 18:32, 28 April 2021 (UTC)


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