Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Dedrie


 * 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   no consensus. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 19:34, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Mark Dedrie

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Delete unnotable person. Maashatra (talk) 17:29, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:52, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep I've checked him on google and he appears to be notable enough as an sculptor to keep the article, although it has to be enlarged. --DasallmächtigeJ (talk) 18:37, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * What exactly did you find that is notable about this person? Being merely a sculptor isn't a reason to have an article. Either way the article isn't saying much more than that about him.--Maashatra (talk) 23:14, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tim Song (talk) 02:05, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:NOTABILITY no assertion in the article that he could pass. -- RP459  Talk/Contributions 00:50, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep and improve. I love when you all nominate for deletion such interesting people.  In this case I added a ref (in a language I don't read) that refers to "Cultuurprijs Raymond Majean" which he won; I can't quite parse it but it sounds notable, at least within Belgian regions, and I'd follow the notability to .be sites.  Edward Vielmetti (talk) 02:13, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Good find. Since the webpage you found seemed to be on a company which employs him I looked and managed to find some newspaper articles, also in Flemish, about the prize - I've added them. Two comments: first, the sources say that the prize is biannual and that, in 2008, Dedrie was the last winner; I've therefore said in the article that he won it in 2006, but if you view that as synthesis feel free to revert. Second, and more relevant here, I have no real idea how significant this prize is - if it's a major one he'll meet WP:CREATIVE but my Flemish isn't good enough to go searching in depth. I'll drop a note at WikiProject Belgium asking if anyone knows about it. It would be nice if this AfD could stay open long enough to get some reply. Olaf Davis (talk) 15:50, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually I suppose it's WP:ANYBIO rather than WP:CREATIVE, but you know what I mean. Also, my impression is that the award is significant so I'll go with weak keep unless/until someone with knowledge about it comes along. Olaf Davis (talk) 15:56, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmmm. It seems on further reflection that this is a local prize given out by the government of Schoten, a municipality with some 33,000 residents. That seems distinctly non-major, so I'll change my !vote to delete as he doesn't seem to meet WP:ANYBIO or WP:GNG. Olaf Davis (talk) 16:24, 24 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep - notable. Per  smithers  -  talk  17:04, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
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