Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/IHME Contemporary Art Festival


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The result was   keep.  Ryan Postlethwaite See the mess I've created or let's have banter 23:37, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

IHME Contemporary Art Festival

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Was nominated for speedy under WP:G11 but denied. I am opening an AfD as am unable to find anything reliable sources on this, as is it notable for wiki? I would also like to note that author has the same name of the article and judging by the bias review has a conflict of interest. Tyros1972 Talk 17:23, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Weak keep It was I who declined the speedy--it's a list of events over several years. Certainly COI. I don't consider such articles G11 territory unless it focuses on a current or forthcoming event, or describes it in advertising terms. I think it is probably notable, because the lead event every year has been an installation by an very notable artist. Since it is an event in Finland,   Finnish newspaper sources would be the most likely place to find references. It also needs checking for reviews of the most important individual projects. An art show whose annual major   event  is always itself notable is a notable show. (but that has to be shown).  Keep because I think such references can be found, as a guess based on the notability of the artists;  weak because I havent tried yet. DGG ( talk ) 17:39, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment I think it maybe notable if someone can find more RS, I agree it seems to have some merit and AfD is more suitable then a speedy. I have to say it should be deleted as it stands now as it needs a lot of work in addition to hunting down RS. Tyros1972 Talk 07:41, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
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 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Theopolisme ( talk )  01:57, 18 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 05:32, 18 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Weak keep As with the views above, the prominence of each year's invited artist predisposes to a keep (despite WP:NOTINHERITED) though this does require independent refs and finding these has been a struggle (possibly language barriers). There is a piece about Bałka's recent work on e-flux but that is effectively a press release. However I did find one review in Frieze (now a ref in the article) which may be enough. AllyD (talk) 06:08, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
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