Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Liu Ye (artist)


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The result was   keep.  DGG ( talk ) 04:49, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Liu Ye (artist)

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As has been noted by others, article appears to be written like an advertisement. Some of the sources cited are of questionable reliability. Google search using Chinese name yields some independent hits, but not a lot as far as I can see (and some are false positives due to people with same name). Weak delete. --Nlu (talk) 17:39, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment He can be found in these two Guardian articles: from June 2011 from June 2010. Also several accessible via Highbeam (subscription reqd): Birmingham Post 2007, China Weekly News 2011 (indicating he is in the "Top-10 ranking of global artists by auction revenue"), International Herald Tribune 2009. AllyD (talk) 19:38, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep The Wall Street Journal describes the subject as "one of China's most prominent contemporary painters" . See also the ArtInfo piece from this month about his work in New York: . The article is not wonderful, but that is a matter for normal editing improvement; I'd say we have enough 3rd party sources to indicate the subject's notability. AllyD (talk) 19:55, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
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 * Keep Also featured in China! New Art & Artists by Dian Tong (2005). Ewulp (talk) 08:33, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
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 * Keep Found focused coverage here. Biographical information can be sourced from the National Art Museum of China site (one of the country's largest art museums). Quality of article doesn't decide whether it should be deleted. Churn and change (talk) 00:07, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
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