Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walter Chin


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The result was   keep. Cirt (talk) 17:51, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Walter Chin

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Not notable. Does not meet any of the criteria of WP:CREATIVE. Wikipeterproject (talk) 00:00, 31 January 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget  00:19, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, insufficient sources to prove notability. Nyttend (talk) 03:35, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. There's this paragraph about him in Vibe, mentions here and here in New York Magazine, a mention in Time Magazine.  He's also mentioned in smallish newspapers here and here.  None of this really amounts to significant coverage, true.  However, it may well be the case that Chin "is regarded as an important figure . . . by [his] peers," to satisfy criterion 1 of WP:CREATIVE.  I'm on the fence, tilting I think toward the negative because of the absence of substantive coverage, rather than one-sentence mentions.    Glenfarclas   ( talk ) 06:06, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep. Looking through a Gnews search, his work does seem to get a lot of attention in the fashion industry. Some of these articles speak of him and his work in terms like "Vanity Fair's iconic images", "The picture you can't stop talking about", "top names in fashion photography", "American top fashion photographer Walter Chin", etc.; this leads me to lean toward him being "regarded as an important figure" in his field, therefore meeting WP:CREATIVE. Wine Guy  ~Talk  02:20, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Photography-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:40, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fashion-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:40, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per the sources found by Wine Guy and Glenfarclas above.  The mentions in New York Magazine and Time Magazine should not be dismissed as trivial. Jenafalt (talk) 19:51, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep seems notable.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:20, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per refs provided above, but someone please integrate them so we don't end up here again in a few weeks? Burpelson AFB (talk) 03:49, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
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