Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Willson (artist)


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Erik9 (talk) 03:31, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Robert Willson (artist)

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Delete. This person doesn't seem to meet WP:BIO criteria:

''WP:CREATIVE Scientists, academics, economists, professors, authors, editors, journalists, filmmakers, photographers, artists, architects, engineers, and other creative professionals:

The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by their peers or successors. The person is known for originating a significant new concept, theory or technique. The person has created, or played a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, which has been the subject of an independent book or feature-length film, or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews. The person's work either (a) has become a significant monument, (b) has been a substantial part of a significant exhibition, (c) has won significant critical attention, or (d) is represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums, or had works in many significant libraries.''

Perhaps the article is simply not stating his case enough...I'd be happy to be proved wrong, but he does not seem notable based on the article's information. Boleyn (talk) 13:06, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 16:18, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions.  -- &mdash; LinguistAtLarge • Talk  18:14, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep The obit, the book on him and the journal article on him seem to me to clearly show he was a notable artist.John Z (talk) 11:28, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. In the collections of the Smithsonian, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and LACMA. Showed at the Venice Biennale in 1972. Clear pass of WP:CREATIVE. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:15, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. There are easily enough sources already in the article to demonstrate notability, and plenty more here and here. Phil Bridger (talk) 21:19, 21 February 2009 (UTC)


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