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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. Liz Read! Talk! 05:31, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Philippa Hobbs

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Created by a single purpose editor. Google news comes up with a different person, and google books comes up with 1 line mentions of this person. Fails WP:ARTIST. LibStar (talk) 04:02, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Women, Visual arts, History, and South Africa. LibStar (talk) 04:02, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. This is a WP:NPROF/WP:NAUTHOR pass. With Elizabeth Rankin, she has been a prominent curator/art historian in post-apartheid South Africa. For an example, one of the book reviews I've added to the article says It is not the first time that they have paired up to write the definitive book on aspects of South African art and artists - that is, the books Hobbs has written are known as the "definitive work" on the subject. I'm confident there will also be biographical information on her available in South African newspapers. -- asilvering (talk) 04:58, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Do you have actual sources? LibStar (talk) 05:04, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    You mean like the ones I said I added to the article? That I added to the article? -- asilvering (talk) 05:24, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Apologies. I will check out the sources you've added. LibStar (talk) 06:37, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    There are plenty more, as well - I stopped when I hit two reviews each on two books, since that's the usual minimum standard, but she does exceed that. -- asilvering (talk) 00:33, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Week keep. There are sources in the article from 1997 to 2012, and I am finding additional more recent sources like one of their articles in the Summer 2024 issue of "African Arts" journal (https://direct.mit.edu/afar/issue/57/2). Google Books is showing several citations of their work, and I am also finding what look like several newspaper articles from multiple different countries behind pay walls. I agree with asilvering that this meets at least the minimum standards of WP:NPROF, such as that "The person's research has had a significant impact in their scholarly discipline, broadly construed, as demonstrated by independent reliable sources." I am saying "Weak keep" because I haven't had a chance to look at all of the potential sources. Elspea756 (talk) 18:50, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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