Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sverre Malling

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The result was keep. according to the consensus and the references DGG ( talk ) 23:38, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sverre Malling

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Delete. Contested PROD. Article fails WP:ARTIST. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 04:57, 15 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. What attempts did you make to find sources for the article and what did you find? There appear to be several items of significant coverage from a Google News search.--Michig (talk) 05:48, 15 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. WP:ARTIST is actually rather stringent and a strict application of the guidelines makes notability hard to achieve for a visual artist. I think, however, that there are enough sources to establish that this individual is "regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers or successors". There are multiple articles in Norwegian-language publications specifically about Malling and his work and, on balance, I think these help him just "fall over the line" of notability. Wikipeterproject (talk) 22:08, 15 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 23:34, 15 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 23:35, 15 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Fulfills WP:ARTIST criteria #4:

The person's work either (a) has become a significant monument, (b) has been a substantial part of a significant exhibition, (c) has won significant critical attention, or (d) is represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums.

Sources about his solo exhibition can be found here:

Review of Solo Exhibition at Gallery Haaken, Oslo
Gallery Haaken's own info on the solo exhibition
Solo exhibition of his art at Lillehammer Art Museum (in Norwegian)
Solo Exhbition at the Kunstnerforbundet (Artist's Association) in 2010, translated to English

His work is also been represented at group exhibitions:

Also, I implore the nominator in the future to read and make good faith attempts to find sources as per WP:BEFORE. If you are unsuccessful in doing so on another AfD, say so in your nomination. Don't just cite a WP page. I, Jethrobot ^{drop me a line} (note: not a bot!) 19:33, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep looks good to me. Stuartyeates (talk) 23:38, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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