Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph (Yoske) Levy


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The result was delete‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Liz Read! Talk! 06:49, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Joseph (Yoske) Levy

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If everything in this article is correct, he should meet WP:N. However, I couldn't verify it. It has been in CAT:NN for 14 years; hopefully we can now resolve it. Boleyn (talk) 07:54, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Artists and Israel.  Delta  space 42  (talk • contribs) 08:29, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete I am not finding any references to support this. Claims llike "part of important collections around the world" are unsupported. One of the books listed as a reference in the article, "Depiction & Interpretation: The Influence of the Holocaust on the Visual Arts"," seems to only mention the name "Levy" three times, and every time it is instead art dealer Julien Levy they are writing about. Elspea756 (talk) 12:59, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete. Like others above me, I could not establish notability. Names like Joseph and Levy are difficult so I may be off but I really tried. Hewiki has an article about another Yosef "Yoske" Levi who was mayor of Eilat and is notable. gidonb (talk) 00:30, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete, reluctantly. and I tried to tackle this when I found it in the same backlog. I don't read Hebrew so I had even less luck than Gidonb did in tracking down sourcing. As Boleyn says, he should be notable. If sourcing eventually comes to light, we can recreate.  Star   Mississippi  03:28, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete, I haven’t done as much research as the rest of you, but the article felt wrong and possibly hoax-like to me especially the total lack of references, so I’ve done some research. As Boleyn says if what the article says is true there’d be some mention of this person somewhere, but
 * nothing on the internet about them, taking into account what gidonb said about how common the name elements are
 * nothing on the internet about the two pretty generically named paintings mentioned in the article
 * Neither of the Hebrew articles in the bibliography mention this person. They talk about Holocaust art, but don’t mention him.
 * The article was created by a banned sockpuppet, part of a farm, still seemingly active (click on the name in the history and look at the ban log)
 * At least one article involving the same sock was deleted for lack of notability (Articles for deletion/Jonathan Kis-Lev)
 * At the very least, if this artist exists, they’re not notable. Ayenaee (talk) 11:29, 19 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Delete – As per WP:NOTABILITY. Searches on Google Web, Books and Scholar return absolutely nothing. He might as well be made up. --Jkaharper (talk) 14:07, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete - Not notable, and due to lack of accessible sources I'm not convinced this artist is real. Marokwitz (talk) 20:23, 19 January 2024 (UTC)


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