Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jan Martens- (Artistname:MAURICE)


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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 07:44, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Jan Martens- (Artistname:MAURICE)
Autobiography from. As far as I can tell another not especially notable artist. I've already removed additions and external links added to Naïve art. -- Solipsist 19:28, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * unfortunately, "Martens" is pretty common, like "Smith", and "Jan" is "John". 53,200 Ghits for "Jan Martens". Narrowed down to 1,290 for "Jan Martens" +Maurice, and half of these are results of geneology searches. The remainder are from private sites, and many are in dutch. I agree the page is probably autobiographical, as it is posted by User:Adriepaint, Adrie being the name of the subject's wife. The bio itself is a cut-and-paste of the bio from this page. If not autobiographical, it would be a copyvio. Maurice could be quite notable in his field, but we have no information about where he has exhibited, or which museums have his paintings. I do not find his bio particularly blatant NPOV, but it is unsourced and unverified per WP:V. I also nominate the page for his wife Adrie Martens for deletion as not notable per WP:BIO, and without assertion of notability - it could be speediable under CSD A7. Ohconfucius 09:47, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletions.   -- the wub  "?!"  09:58, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Aaaaarrgh, teh Comic Sans! Delete. the wub "?!"  10:00, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete I see his wife's article also points to this AFD. I put a speedy tag their, since it's not listed here and doesn't claim any notability. -Steve Sanbeg 16:06, 17 August 2006 (UTC)


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