Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Ou


 * 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   keep. (non-admin closure)  →TSU tp* 08:46, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Kevin Ou

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struggling to see how this passes Wikipedia's notability guide Notability (people) with no reliable third party sources. Theroadislong (talk) 21:09, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Photography-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:12, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:13, 27 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep When creating this article a number of months ago, I researched heavily around the subject and also Kevin Ou. Without discussing OR, it was evident to me that he was notable and that a page on him should be created. He has won numerous awards, some of which are from APA showing that his peers think highly of him. Not to mention the actors & music artists he has photographed, which can be seen here on his portfolio. For those of you who aren't very good at recognising people, the artists include people such as 50 Cent, Justin Bieber, Snoop Dogg and Chris Brown. For this reason I believe he easily passes the WP:CREATIVE criteria. He has also appeared on MTV's Starmaker as a guest photographer. This show aired worldwide, so without summarising they aren't going to choose any run of the mill photographer. He appears on the video here. JP22Wiki (talk) 17:32, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Question: These days celebs seem to be endlessly photographed: photographing celebs doesn't make you notable (or even a celeb). Has Ou's work been discussed? Or have there been exhibitions of his work, or photobooks of it? -- Hoary (talk) 13:48, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment: Ou's work has been discussed, with FHM, Wall Street Journal (Blog), iStockPhoto, The New Paper & Featureshoot. There are more around if more references are needed. His work has been displayed (according to numerous sources) at galleries in both Los Angeles & New York. He has also worked with a number of corporate companies, such as BMW, Mercedes, Lego & Bulgari, which can be seen here under advertisement on his own website here. Sadly none of these refer to where they were published, but a number of articles discuss his work appeared in Rolling Stone & Vogue Magazine. I'm sure if a much deeper search was carried out the examples of this work could be found. JP22Wiki (talk) 10:16, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete I searched around and cannot find any significant media coverage on this person and the few sources currently in the article are weak.-- — Keithbob • Talk  • 23:15, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. As pointed out above, his work has been discussed at FHM (although this copy happens to be illegible), a blog at Wall Street Journal, and Featureshoot. -- Hoary (talk) 09:34, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:11, 2 June 2012 (UTC)




 * Keep – The topic passes WP:GNG:
 * Articles from Singapore Press Holdings Ltd, a Southeast Asian media organization that publishes 18 newspaper titles in four languages:
 * Asia One: Made it in America
 * The New Paper: Fiona Xie models for charity campaign
 * The Wall Street Journal (Newsblog): Why Luck Matters in Photography
 * FHM Magazine: Kevin Ou
 * — Northamerica1000(talk) 16:56, 2 June 2012 (UTC)


 * The significant coverage from the likes of AsiaOne and other news outlets suggests a notability of this subject, however the article is still in much need of work. Yamaguchi先生 (talk) 19:25, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - based on the sources found as noted above, he's clearly notable. Bearian (talk) 18:40, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
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