Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wim Blom


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The result was   speedy delete G11/G12. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:47, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Wim Blom

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Article is written as a resume. A Google search has found what I see as trivial third-party coverage (mostly mentions of where he had exhibited); Google Books search is more promising, but probably also trivial. Article fails to establish notability per WP:ARTIST. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 05:29, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 06:09, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 06:11, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
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 * Comment I removed a Copyvio and added a couple of references, but these falls short of meeting the rather stringent WP:ARTIST criteria. Much of the subject's career is pre-net though; if the National Gallery of Canada entry was more than just a bare-bones biography (e.g. works in their collection) that would probably pass, though their database entry may be more due to his curatorial role there. AllyD (talk) 06:26, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete Yeah it's a cut and paste of this, which is a CV put out by Ian Tan Gallery, where Blom is currently exhibiting. This article was created by a WP:SPA so it appears possible to be part of a PR campaign (we probably should look at other artists exhibited at Ian Tan to see if they also had Wikipedia article's created by SPAs). There is confirmation his work is in the Canadian gallery but he was an employee there, as a curator.. a serious COI for determining notability in this case. I am unable to confirm the other claim that his works are in the South African National Gallery. So it would not pass ARTIST 4.D. I searched on the awards and they all point back to Blom, as if the awards don't exist, which may be due to lack of online sources, but shows they are not notable. Not enough evidence of a notable artist. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 15:36, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
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