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The result was delete‎. plicit 14:24, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

St+art India Foundation (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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The foundation does not meet WP:NORG. References 1 and 3 are not independent, and Reference 2 is about the founder's passing. Online searches return only trivial mentions with no in-depth, independent coverage. Junbeesh (talk) 07:10, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

*Delete. Delete as per nomination. Fails WP:GNG and not found any WP:RS. Misopatam (talk | contribs) 07:46, 3 May 2025 (UTC) - WP:SOCKSTRIKE ~SG5536B 23:01, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete sources do not demonstrate significant coverage. Yoblyblob (Talk) :) 18:00, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - unless better sourcing can be found (and posted here if possible). The only solid reliable source is Architectural Digest[1] but that's not enough to pass WP:NCORP or GNG. The article is written with a highly promotional tone, the sourcing seems like PR, and Google Arts & Culture should not be used as a citation (it's like asking AI to write an article about a subject). BTW, GPTzero and Grammerly detects that about 3/4 of the article itself was written by AI. Netherzone (talk) 14:02, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was soft delete‎. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. plicit 14:26, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Doodle Kids (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NWEB and WP:GNG as a software application with hardly any coverage, let alone sustained coverage. Notability issues tagged since 2017. jolielover♥talk 09:28, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep‎. Elli (talk | contribs) 20:10, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Charles Stankievech (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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The article does not establish notability according to Wikipedia guidelines. It does not cite significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources. Most mentions are local newspapers and none are properly cited. Without clear independent sources demonstrating lasting notability, this article does not meet Wikipedia's inclusion standards. Cagrantsas (talk) 15:49, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The article actually only has one primary source about a 2007 video project, I suppose that sentence could be removed. Otherwise, the subject has been covered extensively by independent outlets such as CBC News, Edmonton Journal, Calgary Herald, etc. A simple search on Google and Newspapers.com shows that the subject passes WP:GNG with flying colours. I will see about adding more sources and expanding the article over the next day or two. MediaKyle (talk) 15:56, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note that the nominator later altered their rationale, changing "primary sources" to "local newspapers". MediaKyle (talk) 18:33, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

* Delete: Unfortunately, not enough valid secondary sourcing to prove notability, for now. It's WP:TOOSOON. m a MANÍ1990(talk | contribs) 22:01, 26 April 2025 (UTC) [reply]

  • Comment: Since the start of this nomination I've uncovered seven interviews, exhibitions in many galleries, and a wealth of other sources that can be added to this article. I'm going to hold off for now, as I've already improved the article quite a bit without getting too deep into expanding the prose. If others do not feel this article meets notability right now for one reason or another, kindly allow it to be userfied into my userspace so that I can continue developing it. MediaKyle (talk) 22:51, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Keep - this internationally known artist clearly meets not only WP:BASIC, but WP:GNG, and also WP:NARTIST criteria for inclusion. In addition to the seven sources brought to the discussion by MediaKyle, the artist has work in the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal[5], [6]; the Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University[7][8], and the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal [9]. He has shown at The Courtauld, the National Gallery of Canada, Palais de Tokyo, Paris; HKW, Berlin; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark; National Gallery of Canada; has shown in the Venice Bienniale. He has lectured at dOCUMENTA (13) and the 8th Berlin Biennale, and his writing has been published by Verso, MIT, Sternberg Press, e-flux, and Princeton Architectural Press.[10],[11]. In addition to the reviews listed above, there's this in Art in America:[12]. For some reason my BEFORE search is showing lots and lots of significant coverage, not sure why that isn't showing up for others. Netherzone (talk) 14:18, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Additionally, he received the notable Sobey Art Award, Canada's pre-eminent and largest award for contemporary Canadian artists under 35.[13] Also as an author/academic his work has been cited over 100 times. @Cagrantsas, I'm just wondering why you were only able to find mentions in local newspapers and none are properly cited (or independent). Did you use Google or a different search engine? Netherzone (talk) 15:27, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete‎. plicit 00:56, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fire (artscene group) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Article tagged as unsourced since 2014. While technically the external links and releases are source, I have not been able to find any other sources that might contribute to notability, including while searching for the founders name instead of the generic "Fire". Attempted to PROD, was removed on the grounds that a generic name and pre-internet subject deserves more attention, so taking this here. Rusalkii (talk) 00:24, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete‎. plicit 23:41, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Singing candle (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Looking through the history of this article, it seems to have been an art project by the Belgian Bains::connective (an archive of their website). Their website seems to be the only source that has ever been in the article, and the article's original illustration was sourced to that site too. As you can see from that image (and old versions of the article and site), the art project also seemingly made some concerningly fringe connection with psychology/telepathy. More to the point my WP:BEFORE failed to find any coverage in WP:RSs covering this either as a feedback demonstration or as an art project, and thus I can't see this meeting WP:GNG. Cakelot1 ☞️ talk 15:00, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete‎. plicit 14:15, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tomasz Młynarczyk (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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No indication of significance but potentially notable. Note tag been on the article for 1+ years. I think it probably fails WP:BIO, WP:SIGCOV but don't hold me to it. scope_creepTalk 09:57, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Artists, Photography, and Poland. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 10:08, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - the article has an interesting history to be aware of. It was created by a now globally locked account, part of the "Put Radzyn on the map" campaign to promote the town of Radzyn. So I think the sources should be examined very carefully, to analyze which ones are public relations, local promotion, or advertorial content like native advertising that may look like an actual article in a publication but it actually PROMO. Holding off on !voting for now. Netherzone (talk) 14:00, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. Netherzone (talk) 14:07, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak delete - After going through all the sources in the article, and conducting an online BEFORE search, here's what I found: quite a few hits for this photographer, but they are press releases, or event announcements, and photo credits in various publications. A lot is taken directly from Wikipedia. It seems he is a much loved and respected local photographer, who has photographed a broad range of subjects. However most of the sources in the article are primary sources. Some of the citations that look like book reviews are actually synopses written by the photographer himself, and published by the Zwiazek Polskich Artystów Fotografików - Association of Polish Art Photographers, of which he is a member, so not independent. What I did find that contribute to notability are: He designed a stamp for Poland: [14]; review of one of his shows in a newspaper (which I think is local Wyborcza.pl LUBLIN): [15]; and this article, but it is unclear exactly what the publication is but appears it may be an academic journal, info: Młynarczyk, Tomasz. 2011. "Exhibition "Archive - Form And Light and Shadow". Archives – Kancelarie – Collections, No. 2(4)/ (December):195-219. https://doi.org/10.12775/AKZ.2011.007. [16] and another way to access the article: [17]. If kept, the article needs clean up. Netherzone (talk) 15:10, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak delete. Wyborcza is a major Polish newspaper, so it covering his exhibition is a suggestion of GNG, even if, yes, its one of their local (regional) editions. The "academic" article linked appears to be from the subject himself. I am not seeing much else outside was was found above; I think all things considered he is not notable enough for Wikipedia (only the GW article seems to meet slightly stretched GNG/SIGCOV/independent requirements). PS. I nominated it on pl wiki for deletion (pl:Wikipedia:Poczekalnia/biografie/2025:04:30:Tomasz Młynarczyk). It tends to be more inclusionist. Perhaps someone will find new sources or arguments there, I'll update my comment here if there's anything there that I feel is worth mentioning here. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 12:16, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete‎. Goldsztajn (talk) 23:00, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Association of Professional Design Firms (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Organization that fails WP:GNG. No WP:SIGCOV was found. WhoIsCentreLeft (talk) 21:02, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Previous WP:PROD candidate, ineligible for soft deletion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, plicit 23:50, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete‎. Eddie891 Talk Work 18:36, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Art Fight (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:GNG. Besides the The Verge source referenced, I couldn't find any other independent coverage. ~ A412 talk! 17:14, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I agree that it fails WP:GNG. Is there no other subject-specific notability test that this might fall under? It's an event with 400k participants, which seems logically notable to me, but I'm not as well-versed in Wikipedia's notability guidelines as you folk are. Aspharon (talk) 13:52, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - Per above, fails WP:GNG. Also I feel like the title can be misleading as when I first saw the title, I thought it was a general title about a fighting related to art instead of a game.
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The result was delete‎. plicit 14:04, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nick Weber (artist) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NARTIST. Theroadislong (talk) 13:19, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Source assessment table
Source Independent? Reliable? Significant coverage? Count source toward GNG?
Artsy
No Primary source database No User submitted content by galleries/auction houses with paid subscriptions No Non-independent user submitted data No
Harpers Gallery
No Artist's gallery showing their work (PR) Press release in the form of a personal letter from the galleries to the artist No PR, not a review No
27East
No Press release in local paper submitted by the artist's gallery Press release No PR, not a review No
Dan's Papers
~ large portion of the text is the artist talking about himself/his work Profile in local paper ~ Hybrid profile/interview/PR for show ? Unknown
Glenn Horowitz Bookseller
No Press release from a bookseller PR No PR No
Women's Wear Daily "Fashion Scoops"
Yes Women's wear trade journal Yes Trade journal for fashion, lifestyle and women's wear Fashion scoop/society lifestyle (not a serious art magazine; text about Weber is partly occluded by a paywall.) ? Unknown
Gothamist
Yes Local news blog ~ Widely distributed blog Article is about a local controversy regarding his work, does not seem to be an art review ? Unknown
Grenning Gallery
No Art gallery showing his work Artist bio - user submitted content for selling artwork No Gallery listing No
Ochi Gallery
Yes Filler. Art gallery press release for another artist Yes The gallery exist and but this is a press release for a different artist; it is only a name check mention of Weber No This is a press release for another artist, who simply mentions at the bottom that they had shown their work at Nick Weber's studio No
Boo Hooray Summer Rental
No Press release for a show at Boo-Hooray Summer Rental, a "gallery that can be rented for shows in the summer" PR No Press release, connected source No
KD Hamptons Art Scene
No PR Puff piece local coverage Press announcement in local "luxury lifestyle diary" PR, press announcement in local lifestyle blog No
Chelsea Walls
No Interview in the gallery's blog Interview between artist and gallery No No editorial content, just a few questions No
Dan's Papers
~ Routine local coverage in local paper, interview with the artist's gallery Yes Local coverage in local paper PR for the gallery showing Weber's work ? Unknown
Printed Matter
No Book seller listing Printed Matter is a bookstore selling his book No Book seller listing No
This table may not be a final or consensus view; it may summarize developing consensus, or reflect assessments of a single editor. Created using {{source assess table}}.
  • Delete The source analysis table, a nice touch, is very compelling and I couldn't find anything else of worth. Couldn't find a single museum that contains a collection. References are profiles. Nothing really. scope_creepTalk 16:51, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: No Getty ULAN listing [18] and the source review table pretty much explains the rest. Lack of sourcing or critical review. Oaktree b (talk) 17:15, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - I've spent quite a bit of BEFORE time searching of the kind of coverage needed for inclusion, and haven't been able to to find what's needed to substantiate this artists's notability per WP's criteria. The sources consist of user-submitted data, press releases, connected sources (such as galleries that show his work), hyper-local or PR trivial coverage, social media posts and primary sourcing. Does not meet GNG nor NARTIST at this time. Netherzone (talk) 14:50, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Insufficient coverage by independent, reliable secondary sources to pass WP:GNG.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 06:33, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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