Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Magda Sawon


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 01:08, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Magda Sawon

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My original prod stated: "This individual seems to fail Notability (biographies) requirement." I have seen the one ref added since, and read arguments in edit summaries and on talk page by User:Sarasays andUser:Gobonobo and I am still not convinced. Coverage of her person is mostly in passing, or in niche/local sources. I do not believe this satisfies the cited policy. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 10:29, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:35, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep. The Village Voice reference is strong, the others are passable. Pburka (talk) 03:08, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
 * It's a best source, but it is not about her. It dedicates one paragraph to introducing her, and that's it. I don't believe that having one paragraph about oneself in a reliable source satisfies WP:BIO requirement. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 07:41, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Actually the Village Voice source starts with an introductory paragraph on her but goes for four paragraphs, quoting her extensively and at one point calling her the "founder of what many consider to be one of the leading experimental galleries in Manhattan." gobonobo  + c 15:24, 17 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. I selected Magda Sawon from WikiProject Women artists/Requested Articles. A Factiva news search for her name today returns 10 hits from 6 different notable publications. sarahobender (talk • contribs) 19:21, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. The Village Voice source and coverage of Sawon in various books and newspapers make this pass WP:GNG. gobonobo  + c 15:24, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. This person founded, owns, and runs an influential art gallery that is notable it it's own right, the Postmasters Gallery. And New York-based sources may be niche/local in one sense, but when the subject is art world-related, such coverage is not trivial. Sarasays (talk) 02:21, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
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