Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wolfgang Straub


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   keep. JForget 00:37, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Wolfgang Straub

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Poorly sourced article on a non-notable person. Probably WP:AUTO as well. bender235 (talk) 00:18, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
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 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:10, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Clear evidence of notability. -- Hoary (talk) 16:27, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:06, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable under WP:CREATIVE, since he has had solo exhibitions of his photographic work. --MelanieN (talk) 05:00, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Second relist rationale. The article is a BLP. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:07, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This article has been nominated for rescue. Silver  seren C 00:59, 24 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment I have tagged this article for rescue. Silver  seren C 00:59, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep He appears to be notable for his works. Silver  seren C 00:59, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete His work may have been published, but where is the commentary on it by independent and reliable sources required by WP:N and WP:BIO? Edison (talk) 01:12, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't know, Edison. I would imagine that there would be some in photographic publications that happen neither to be on the web nor to be indexed on it. I have a hunch that there is, somewhere, more commentary on his work by independent and reliable sources than there is on that of the average, say, Playboy "playmate", or bit actor in some science fiction teevee show, or person who once kicked a ball in front of a teevee camera, or several other varieties of human that have vociferous support among the simple folk who tinker with Wikipedia. Meanwhile, note that the exhibition I cited above is not in some hole in the wall somewhere (not that I have anything against such holes; I'm off to one later this afternoon) but an actual museum (one that has its own article in this WP and two others) and also that there's another exhibition here at Leica, which again I don't suppose is the kind of event that can be achieved by just any well-heeled dilettante who cares to pay for it. It seems reasonable to infer that such exhibitions were preceded by at least some commentary by independent and (what WP would call) reliable sources. Ergo, the sensible course of action is to leave the article where it is, try to ensure that it makes no unsupported claims and that no retard adds his own sexual or other fantasies to it, and hope that it picks up steam later when some editor with a brain happens to pick up a magazine, book or newspaper with material about Straub and cares to augment the article accordingly. -- Hoary (talk) 04:49, 24 April 2010 (UTC) .... slightly rephrased Hoary (talk) 01:46, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep   on the bais of the two significant solo exhibitions. This meets WP:CREATIVE.  DGG ( talk ) 08:46, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment The article has copyvio problems, I think, the text is largely lifted from the first reference. -- Nuujinn (talk) 17:38, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * It was definitely copyvio (and also found at the artist's webpage), as there was no indication of an acceptable license, so I have removed a good portion of the text. VernoWhitney (talk) 16:57, 26 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep - It is something of a messy stub, but he passes notability by way of solo exhibits at major museums/galleries. Nothing ordinary editing can't fix. Bearian (talk) 20:04, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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