Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Klein (art activist)


 * 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 - sufficient reliable sources provided to establish notability. Spartaz Humbug! 21:15, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Paul Klein (art activist)

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Notability not established &mdash; G716  &lt;T·C&gt; 18:52, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Article is of low quality, and importance. DeadmanUndertaker 18:56, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete have tried looking for ref's but only seems to have local news mentions, so think fails notability - Hunting dog (talk) 20:38, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep and improve. Over 10k ghits for '"Paul Klein" art Chicago', ok lots off his blog, but he seems a notable figure there. Article was created in Feb 7 by a three-edit username, so no help to be expected from there. Johnbod (talk) 10:12, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - I came back to look at this actually with a view to maybe withdrawing delete, I agree there's lots of cross blog talk about him, but I can't actually source some of the existing claims, though info might be out there somewhere. Re being "a contributor to the New York Times", NYT is pretty well archived but couldn't get hits on this Paul Klein on their site,  google search brings up something he wrote for the Chicago Life supplement of the Sunday New York Times (which seems to be a regional advertising supplement). Think article might shrink rather than grow unless someone else is more successful in finding reliable sources for the info. -Hunting dog (talk) 05:27, 3 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletions. – David Eppstein (talk) 04:23, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. There are plenty of reliable sources found by Google News . I've put some of them in the article. Phil Bridger (talk) 12:08, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - seems unnecessary advertising, blog ad infinitum. Modernist (talk) 15:32, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep as revised by Phil Bridger, I feel this satisfies WP:BIO at this time. RFerreira (talk) 16:51, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep and improve. Paul Klein is a critical faculty in Chicago's art community whose efforts extend beyond curation or self-interest. Well-worth inclusion here. Agreed that a cursory web search yields insufficient background, but sure that sufficient press exists, confident that Wikipedia page is good basis for ongoing compilation, opportunity to review Klein's legacy and impact. Please keep and allow recognition in searches. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rgfunderburk (talk • contribs) 19:13, 9 June 2008 (UTC)


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