Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Microbo (artist)


 * 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. One two three... 04:55, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Microbo (artist)

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Not notable. I suspect the author of the book used in the reference is the original author. No other significant search engine results. Nothing can be verified. Two other nearly-identical articles about other "artists" by the same author were speedied, but another editor inexplicably declined the speedy on this one because of the claims of notability. Claim it all you want, but there's no notability here. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 13:40, 7 May 2009 (UTC) Delete. Should be at "Microbo" anyhow. There are some blog mentions but no reliable references exist to establish as notable or to verify an article. Information in the encyclopedia must be verifiable. Drawn Some (talk) 13:52, 7 May 2009 (UTC) 
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions.  --  I 'mperator 13:45, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. This certainly isn't just a blog mention, and there are plenty more sources where that came from. It just needs someone who reads Italian to use them to source the article. Phil Bridger (talk) 17:26, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:55, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MacMed talk to me! what have i done?  23:26, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable per Google News. ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:28, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment: I don't think so. We can't verify because we can't translate it. Still not convinced. Maybe he deserves an article in Italian Wikipedia, but not here. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 04:14, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment' - enWikipedia is an encyclopedia written in the English language, and not an encyclopedia of topics only related to English. See WP:BIAS, and also WP:Verifiability. -- Whpq (talk) 12:57, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete Insufficient proof of notability and close to none information. Mukadderat (talk) 00:03, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Did you check the source that I linked above? And the others from the Google News search that I linked? Phil Bridger (talk) 00:09, 22 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Italy-related deletion discussions.  —Phil Bridger (talk) 00:11, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep (provisionally): Non-English sources are discouraged on the en-Wikipedia. Unfortunately to the vast majority of users to this wiki, the references provided above mean as much as something written in Klingon. If English sources can be found then keep, if not delete.--It's me...Sallicio!$\color{Red} \oplus$ 03:17, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - The article in il Giornale is a substantial piece on the artist from what i can gather through machine translation. It would appear that sources are available in Italian to satisfy notability. -- Whpq (talk) 13:01, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete As someone who can read Italian, I see nothing here to indicate notability - a few local newspaper mentions in Il Giornale hardly suffice, especially since the main source is nothing more than an interview. A minor figure in (as one of the articles states) the "underground surreal pop world of Milanese Graffiti art", she clearly fails WP:BIO (Artist). Possible redirect to Graffiti art. Eusebeus (talk) 12:30, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - I'll trust Eusebeus's interpretation of the Italian source. -- King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 01:17, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment He seems to be one of the authors/artists for this book and this one . I'm surprised by all the delete votes. It's hard for me to sort through the Italian sources, but I think the indications of notability are pretty strong. ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:47, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Very substantial coverage in additional sources Apparently these aren't archived in Google News, but here's a nice article in Format another in Shift and an interview inCanned Goods. ChildofMidnight (talk) 02:02, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment: Just because he wrote two books doesn't mean those books are notable. Out of the articles, only Shift is a notable magazine, but that doesn't count as "multiple independent periodical articles or reviews." -- King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 02:17, 29 May 2009 (UTC)


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