Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephen Melamed

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The result was keep. SarahStierch (talk) 16:16, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Stephen Melamed

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Non-notable designer; seems to be an ad for him and his company. Orange Mike | Talk 17:41, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I prodded it a while back. Doesn't seem to meet WP:N for biographies. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 17:58, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. jonkerz ♠talk 18:04, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and rewrite. His official web page at U. Illinois, says his "work has been exhibited in The Pompideau Center in Paris, The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Design, and The Museum of Modern Art (NY). His work has been reviewed in The Chicago Sun-Times, ID Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Design Perspectives, Business Week, Architectural Digest, Product Design & Development, Home World Design, Appliance Manufacturer, and CE Times". This needs proper sourcing, but if true, he does in fact meet the requirements for notability as a creative artist. Obviously, a total rewrite is needed; I've begun. This gives some signs of being a copypaste, but I have not found the source, and my rewrite should have removed most of it. If anyone find it, I can & will rewrite more completely. . DGG ( talk ) 21:45, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep. This gives some detail of the Pompidou exhibit; it seems Melamed was directly involved, albeit as an organizer not a contributor. I also found an article in the LA Times from 1993 about him, widely reprinted in major papers e.g. here in the Sun-Times. I still can't find anything about the MOMA exhibit, but his contributions look real enough to me. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:48, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep. Working with/or exhibiting in the Pompidou, MoMA and The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Design, which is verified, establishes notability. The article on the LA Times is helpful as well. I'd prefer to see more third-party sources but his scholarly record (per google scholar) satisfies WP:ACADEMIC and the article manages to pass WP:GNG. freshacconci talktalk 15:52, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and rewrite Kabirat (talk) 08:09, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.