Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Wong (artist)


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The result was   keep. postdlf (talk) 03:19, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Paul Wong (artist)

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This article was proposed for deletion via WP:PROD, but I have some doubts so I'm bringing it here. The article is biased promotion of Paul Wong, and much of it has been written by User:Paulwongprojects, who clearly has a conflict of interest. However, just because the article is bad doesn't mean there shouldn't be an article about the subject. Per WP:ARTIST, an artist is notable if their work "is represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums." According to the article, at least, Paul Wong's work is in the collections of MoMa and the National Gallery of Canada. Also, the article was not created by Paulwongprojects, and predated that user's extensive promotional editing. Liam987 (talk)  02:24, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 07:44, 17 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep: I have added a couple of specific references that verify the 2005 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts and his work in the MoMA collection. This article needs a lot of housekeeping but there are clear indications that the subject meets the WP:ARTIST criteria. AllyD (talk) 08:10, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
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 * Keep/Speedy keep. Easily meets WP:ARTIST -- Governor General's Award, in MoMA and National Gallery of Canada. All of this can be verified. Article should have been tagged for references and edited for wording, if it was inappropriate.  freshacconci  talk to me  18:34, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep should have been tagged for ref improve and copyedit not deletion, a quick use of Google leads you to the National Gallery of Canada where he is described as "One of Canada’s leading video artists...".--KTo288 (talk) 23:34, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
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