Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thierry Geoffroy


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The result was Keep. Non-admin closure. § FreeRangeFrog croak 03:59, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Thierry Geoffroy

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Largely unsourced, self-promotional BLP doesn't pass WP:ARTIST or GNG. Also putting up several of his related subpages for AfD. czar  &middot;   &middot;  16:00, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
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 * Keep. This source seems to suggest that there are likely other similar sources out there that could satisfy general notability GNG--a search of google scholar (on the second page) reveals that there is probably enough material if sourced properly. His longevity and the quality of venues such as MoMA_PS1 also suggest that there is something to the work which ought to satisfy WP:ARTIST. Perhaps a Merge with one of the artist's more prominent pieces, Emergency Room (art), also listed as an AfD, which also needs better sourcing, woud be a reasonable action rather than outright deletion, but work will need to be done.--Marctasman (talk) 19:59, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I searched Scholar earlier and only found one ref that could even possibly count as anything more than a fleeting mention. Re: P.S. 1, I haven't found any commentary on critical reception of the show or any information on its impact—partially why I said it failed every point of WP:ARTIST, even if that Artwrit (RS?) interview is counted. czar   &middot;   &middot;  22:02, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

I don't know how this editing works, but I can see that the statement above does indeed include some wrong statements. I am a Danish journalist, critic and commentator, and I worked for Denmark's biggest weekly - Weekendavisen - from 1995 to 2012. I wrote about Thierry Geoffroy several and times, both in regard to projects in USA (MoMA PS1) and Denmark (GalleriPoulsen). Also the leading Danish newspapers POlitiken, Information and Børsen have published reviews and interviews with Thierry Geoffroy. A large number of articles on Thierry Geoffroy (and "Emergency Art"/"Emergency Room" etc) can be found in the Danish media data base Infomedia.dk (which is owned and run by most the Danish news publishing houses in collaboration) - as well as art websites and yearbooks in Denmark. Geoffroy is a household name in Denmark, people who knows about contemporary art know him - and he has even had a series of art films shown in DR2 (Denmark's National Brodcasting Company's culture and news station). Regards Nikolaj Mangurten Rubin (former surname Lassen) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.60.58.118 (talk) 20:41, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I did a few searches and did not find anything larger than listings, nevertheless full articles that can be used to prove notability with ample details for an encyclopedia article. Could you provide some of the links to these secondary, reliable sources that discuss his work? (no hits in infomedia.dk and I can't access their private database, nothing in relation with "Nikolaj Mangurten" and "Geoffroy", one link for Weekendavisen on Geoffroy's own site, nothing from Politiken/Information/Borsen) czar   &middot;   &middot;  03:00, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

The MOMA / PS1 exhibition has been reviewed and commented by different sources that are given in this article, please check them again :

The Brian Lehrer Show Where Art and Journalism Collide : http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2007/mar/06/

Format Emergency Room at MOMA / PS1 New York. Report from Reuters 2007 The art of news http://www.reuters.com/video/2007/02/27/the-art-of-news?videoId=14672

Live From N.Y., It's Yesterday's News By James Dewille Published February 21, 2007 http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2007/02/21/live-ny-its-yesterdays-newsFa bene si (talk) 11:28, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't think you can argue that these links are critical commentary that cover the "significant coverage" portion of the GNG. The WNYC link wasn't even related to the topic, but I found this (which was), and like the Reuters two-minute piece, it covers the event but doesn't establish enduring notability (WP:NOTNEWS). Also I'm not sure the Columbia student paper counts as a reliable source. czar   &middot;   &middot;  13:53, 22 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Weak keep but needs a major clean up. His work seems to attract international coverage, for example two German news articles about "Critical Run" are already cited in the article. His "Emergency Room" concept has also been covered, for example in the Columbia Spectator and the Hanoi Times. There's also Kunsten.nu about "Biennalist". At least meets WP:CREATIVE. Sionk (talk) 22:58, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep Significant exhibits at major museums.  DGG ( talk ) 03:58, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
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