Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henry Heng Lu


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The result was Draftify. (non-admin closure) – AssumeGoodWraith  (talk &#124; contribs) 04:35, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Henry Heng Lu

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WP:BLP of an artist and writer, not properly referenced as passing WP:CREATIVE. The strongest attempted notability claim here is that he won a minor regional art award that isn't "inherently" notable in the absence of a demonstrated WP:GNG pass, referenced to alumni content on the self-published website of his own alma mater rather than any evidence that it's an award that gets media coverage in order to establish the notability of the award -- and almost everything else in the article is also referenced to primary sources that aren't support for notability either, such as his writing for art magazines being referenced to his contributor directory on the website of one of said magazines. The only reliable or notability-supporting source present here at all is a short blurb announcing his hiring as curator of an art gallery, which is not "inherently" notable enough to exempt him from having to have a lot more than just one legitimately reliable or notability-supporting source. You don't establish a person as notable by citing his work to directly affiliated sources (employers, alma mater, etc.) as evidence that the work exists, you establish a person as notable by citing his work to independent third-party analysis of his work by established art or literary critics in media, as evidence that it's been externally validated as significant by people other than himself and his friends. Bearcat (talk) 18:51, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 18:51, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of British Columbia-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 18:51, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Draftify The page creator moved this to Draft space (before it was later moved back to main space) so I think the article should be moved to Draft space where it can be improved over time. Liz Read! Talk! 23:40, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I would have thought that in these circumstances, where the recent creator has moved the article to draft space and there have been no "keep" opinions at AfD, the thing to do per WP:NOT would be to simply close the Afd and let the creator work on it in draft rather than move it back to main space. Phil Bridger (talk) 12:18, 11 March 2022 (UTC)


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