Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joyce Kozloff


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was speedy keep per WP:SK. The nomination has been withdrawn and there were no other delete !votes. (non-admin closure) Gobōnobō  + c 09:37, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Joyce Kozloff

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The article is almost entirely a cut and paste from the artist's own website, it doesn't follow wikipedia guidelines for formatting, sections, limiting the amount of detail. Since this is an article about a living person, using information almost entirely from their website does not seem to meet WP:BLP reliable sources guidelines.  CaroleHenson  ( talk ) 06:29, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Based on Maberry's comments, I added Talk:Joyce Kozloff to explore options for rewriting, rather than deleting the current article and starting from scratch. Opinions are very welcome (and, of course, part of the consensus process).-- CaroleHenson  ( talk ) 20:07, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Don't delete This is an important artist with considerable notoriety according to Wikipedia standards. If the article needs rewriting, that's one thing. But the notoriety should not be in question. She has a long career of prominent exhibitions and commissions. Books are written about her. There have been reviews in major national newspapers. Those are included in the bibliography. ----Sue Maberry (talk) 16:34, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep. The sources provided in the article are sufficient to establish notability. Kozloff is featured prominently in The Female Gaze, a book that I will add to the references. She meets WP:ARTIST as her body of work has been the subject of multiple independent periodical articles and reviews. The concerns laid out in the nomination are surmountable. Any close paraphrasing can be corrected without resorting to deletion of the article. Gobōnobō  + c 01:26, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree, I think I made a mistake by nominating for deletion in this case. I have been running across her name as I've been working on the Feminist art movement in the United States - and your right in all that's needed is to do some work on the article to meet guidelines.-- CaroleHenson  ( talk ) 02:17, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
 * It looks as if she was also one of the originating members of the Pattern and Decoration movement and was a founder of the Heresies feminist journal. Her works are also in the collections of MoMA, the Brooklyn Museum, the Met, and the National Gallery of Art. Gobōnobō  + c 02:45, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.