Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vienna biennale


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The result was   keep.  MBisanz  talk 00:38, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Vienna biennale

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Non-notable art exhibit, fails WP:V. References are either trivial mentions or not reliable sources. Ghits. --AbsolutDan (talk) 19:19, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Austria-related deletion discussions.  --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  15:36, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions.  --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  15:36, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment This one's tough. It seems to be a young event, in that the organizers and artists are young. The ghits are spotty and I'm wondering if this is because of two things: first, there may only be German-language coverage at the moment; and second, there appears to be some false hits through the confusion with the Venice Biennale. There was a ghit for Louise Bourgeois representing the US in the Vienna Biennale in the Village Voice. This would be significant both in coverage and due to Bourgeois' status. However, the article states that she represented the US in 1993, so I'm guessing that's a typo. I'll do some more searching. They are reaching for an international presence, so the coverage may be there. But I'm holding off on my !vote for now.  freshacconci  talk talk  15:54, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm, you may have something there. Looks like we've got 5 more days now. If you come up with anything further I'd be willing to withdraw this nom. --AbsolutDan (talk) 00:19, 7 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 00:10, 7 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak keep - per Freshacconci. However, the article needs major cleanup. Versus22 talk 07:20, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. I'm finding Google hits for "Vienna Biennale" and "Wiener Biennale" that apparently refer to one or more earlier series of exhibitions with this name—quite a few mention dates in the 1980s, for example, and some refer to the '30s and '40s. (And "Wiener Biennale" is not likely to be a typo in a German publication.) Just a warning that some search results may not refer to the subject of this article. Deor (talk) 16:11, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * "Vienna Biennale" is often used by mistake when people mean Venice Biennale established in 1895.  Ty  16:17, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * My point was that in references like this (scroll down to "1979") it seems highly unlikely that Wien is being confused with Venedig. Deor (talk) 17:04, 7 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep I've cleaned up the article and added some refs. It has recognition from the office of the Chancellary of Austria.  Ty  16:19, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per new version by Ty - Thanks! Johnbod (talk) 17:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per new edits. This is now sourced and shows notability.  freshacconci  talk talk  21:44, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per above...Modernist (talk) 21:59, 9 March 2009 (UTC)


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