Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barbara Januszkiewicz

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The result was delete. Michig (talk) 08:08, 14 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Barbara Januszkiewicz

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I just can't see any indication that this person might meet WP:NARTIST. She has had a small number of minor shows which seem to have attracted minimal attention. The article has been maintained since 2009 by one COI editor, and was until recently much longer. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 01:21, 7 December 2018 (UTC) [reply]

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:I tent disagree with the above statment.Januszkiewicz's resume is long and has had over 100 of exhibits and has been in many MUSEUM exhibits, it just so happens to be in her hometown of WASHINGTON, which does not show local artist.17:22, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

~~I have a complete article for this subject now on my talk?sandbox page see.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Secondststudio/sandbox~~

~~Why can't we use this? ~singingthebleu~ 17:32, 7 December 2018 (UTC)~~

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Washington, D.C.-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 05:52, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 05:53, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 05:53, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I agree that this is likely a page maintained for promotional purposes. Notability-wise, there are not a lot of sources out there for her or her work. The strange bit is that the Washington Post seems to have covered her not once but multiple times-- I saw three or four sources. I would have said delete if it was not for that. It's one of those situations where the artist is not really notable in her field, defintitely does not meet WP:ARTIST, but might meet GNG if we just look at the WaPo sources and a smattering of other small mentions.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 10:47, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

On further investigation, the WaPo reporting is all by the same reporter, Mark Jenkins, so I will discount that coverage a bit and say ~~Weak Delete~~. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 10:51, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Now that the article creator has been indeffed for promotional editing (See below), I will change to delete and salt, given the nine-year promotional effort.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 15:39, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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*Comment I disagree again with the above comment:::Do you know they is no art critic for visuals arts with the Washington Post ironically ? They, being the Washington Post do not cover gallery opening, yet this Mark Jenkins who is not on staff, submits articles about music and art. So any artist worth anything, is lucky to get any coverage in DC, but mostly it will not be in the Post. — Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures comment added by Secondststudio (talk contribs) 17:11, 7 December 2018 (UTC) [reply]

I just undid this recent 'edit' of the article, done by the SPA that has been maintaining the article.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 15:37, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

*Comment, myself being the OP editor, I think it is very odd anyone would get me mixed up with the subject of my article .I have authored a few artciles, all about artists and jazz guys, all who don't go out of their way to bring attention to themselves. SO, this has never been a promotional outlet. Secondly, I have asked for help in fixing the code and posted on my sandbox page, a more current about this subject. Yet it get deleted as soon as I put it up. Come on guys, I am in poor health and can use a bit of support. And is it really fair to this creative activist/artists?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Secondststudio (talk • contribs)

Delete This article fails WP:GNG in my opinion. Not enough notability or coverage. Skirts89 (talk) 19:01, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment We also need to refer to this talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Secondststudio where a user is indicating that Januszkiewicz owns Second St Studio. This is a clear COI problem. Skirts89 (talk) 19:04, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Despite vehement claims to the contrary, the autobiographical nature of this article seems to be supported by this statement. The file has been deleted on Commons, but someone who is also an admin there can check the attribution and see if a statement was made indicating that this editor is the subject of this article. --Kinu ^t/_c 23:04, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - the footer notice at her website clearly reads "Second St Studio". I've blocked this account due to a promotional username along with promotional editing. -- Longhair\^talk 04:28, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom for failing WP:NARTIST. References mention subject in passing so it appears to fail WP:GNG as well. Ifnord (talk) 06:15, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. COI concerns aside, there appears to be very little actual coverage in reliable sources about the subject of the article. A few passing mentions, but nothing substantive per WP:GNG/WP:NARTIST. --Kinu ^t/_c 23:59, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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