Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mehwish Iqbal


 * 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 delete. The "keep" arguments appear to show that WP:TOOSOON applies, and haven't given a strong case that the topic is currently worthy of encyclopedic attention. Therefore consensus is "delete" by strength of argument. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 18:42, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

Mehwish Iqbal

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Started by a WP:SPA User talk:Sophiatemporali. Weak coverage in WP:RS, fails WP:NARTIST. Störm  (talk)  14:06, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
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 * Delete the artist may be notable in a few years, but to this point the coverage is WP:MILL and trivial, so it is WP:TOOSOON.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 14:58, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
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 * Comment (with a keepish flavor:)), Iqbal was a Blake Prize 2018 (65th) finalist, a Paramor Prize 2017 finalist, a Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize (unfortunately this wikipage hasn't been updated to include info on this prize) 2018 finalist, works/exhibitions/reviews by/at ABC - "Artists challenge what 'sacred' means in modern Australia" (group exhibition), Hawkesbury Regional Gallery - "Go West exhibition" (group), curator Paul Howard reviewed "Flux" exhibition (individual), UNSW Galleries - "Exhibition explores the experience of contemporary Australian Muslims", anyway, hope this helps afd editors. ps. googs has more but zzzzzzs beckoning:)) Coolabahapple (talk) 16:01, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for compiling those sources. I looked at them all. With the exception of Paul Howard review, every single one of the links above is a trivial name check (as in Jane Doe, Mehwish Iqbal, John Smith), although a few include a photo as well. I can't see any SIGCOV in what you mentioned, although it is true that she has had some recognition.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 01:17, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * thanks, yep agree, hence my "comment" (though "keepish":)), not quite enough to get her over the wikinotable line, i think whats telling is the final exhibtion i listed reflecting the lack of recognition/representation of Australian Muslim artists in major/significant OZ collections/exhibtions (but hopefully in the future....:)). Coolabahapple (talk) 01:50, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * the last source just says "Abdullah M.I. Syed, Mehwish Iqbal, Fatma Mawas and Shireen Taweel."ThatMontrealIP (talk) 13:03, 27 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Weak keep. A ProQuest search of offline Australian newspaper articles revealed 33 articles mentioning her. I was hoping to be able to add some references to the article to then see if it would help it survive a AfD discussion, however all articles were from small local (at best regional) newspapers; and none were substantive coverage. So I didn't add any, but she is certainly a developing artist with a reputation. Not sure this is enough to justify the page at this time...Cabrils (talk) 05:20, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. Per nom. Lack of reliable sources and the cited sources do not guarantee the notability criteria. Abishe (talk) 13:26, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment the article cites a number of "Publications", presumably about the subject. They appear to have been copied from https://www.mehwishiqbal.com/cv/. I tried looking up
 * 2016 News Article: Culture Goes West, The Daily Telegraph at dailytelegraph.com.au and found ,,
 * Subliminal Landscapes, Istanbul Art News March 2015 and found nothing
 * 2013 Article, Art Monthly Australia Searched all issues via http://www.artmonthly.org.au/archive and found nothing
 * 2013 Article, OOMK (One of My Kind_London and found  which contains text that is strikingly similar to text used in the article and her own about page.
 * I stopped after that. Someone else may want to look for earlier sources.
 * Coverage of this artist appears to be limited to factual reporting about her accomplishments as an emerging artist, but I see no evidence of critical analysis of her work. Vexations (talk) 14:01, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. Hyperbolick (talk) 00:38, 3 December 2019 (UTC)


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