Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ouattara Watts


 * 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 keep.  MBisanz  talk 01:25, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Ouattara Watts

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Reads as an advert/resume. Don't see the sources out there to assert notability. Baum des Lichtes (talk) 05:43, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 06:40, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

*Keep Passes WP:GNG and should be retained. Fouetté rond de jambe en tournant 21:10, 7 July 2016 (UTC) Banned sock HappyValleyEditor (talk) 06:21, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep: Work by the subject has appeared at major selection-based exhibitions (Venice Biennale, Whitney Biennial, documenta) which I think is sufficient for WP:ARTIST criterion 4. I agree that the current article quality is poor (text concentrating on the subject's involvement with Basquiat, long list of shows and press coverage) but that is a matter for normal editing rather than here. AllyD (talk) 07:15, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep Notability is established by participation in significant exhibitions (WP:ARTIST 4b), critical reviews, in Artforum for example, and a number of monographs (WP:ARTIST 3); worldcat lists several. Mduvekot (talk) 18:19, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep The article itself needs a lot of work to convert it from CV format to encyclopedia format. However the artist is plainly notable by the calibre of the exhibition venues (e.g. Venice Biennale), which denote "significant recognition by peers", which in turn meets WP:ARTIST.HappyValleyEditor (talk) 00:55, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep This is a CV-as-article and needs a complete rewrite (although I'd stop short of WP:TNT). He was in documenta and the Venice Biennale: that is automatic notability.  freshacconci  talk to me  13:51, 6 July 2016 (UTC)


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