Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Robinson (Canadian artist)

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The result was speedy keep. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:16, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Robinson (Canadian artist)

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Artist whose notability is outright not proven. While there is an assertion his work is part of significant permanent museum collections (WP:NARTIST), the sources that are used to back this up are inaccessible (Firefox 61.0.2) or, in one case, is an archive link to an overview page as opposed to the gallery itself. Neither general or news-specific Google results return anything worthwhile for notability as far as I can tell. There is a Canadian Encyclopaedia article on him that was removed from later revisions, but this in and of itself can't be the sole source. —Jeremy v^_^v ^Bori! 23:23, 23 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. L293D (☎ • ✎) 01:53, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Poetry-related deletion discussions. L293D (☎ • ✎) 01:53, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 06:24, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep Please do WP:Before next time. I confirmed the Peterborough museum permanent collection, and added a link to his profile on the Canadian Artist index run by the Department of Heritage. Nom seems to think the artist is faking the claims. A little research shows this Métis artist was well known in the 80s. Also, if you were in the Canadian encyclopedia once, that is all that matters. Notability is not transitory. I will add more refs a it later.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 08:36, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, here is his writeup as published on a an online gallery web page published by the Legislature of Ontario:

Michael Robinson (1948-2010) was a glassblower and printmaker of Cree descent who was at the forefront of the Canadian glass movement throughout much of the 1970s. Robinson represents a merging of both traditional and contemporary Indigenous art - his printmaking and illustration are traditional in style and often depict sacred teaching and stories, while his glass work is modern and expands the visual vocabulary of his work.

ThatMontrealIP (talk) 08:47, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I added a number of references. I confirmed the Peterborough Art Gallery and the Canada Council Art Bank as permanent collections, which means he meets WP:ARTIST. He also does have a Canadian Encyclopedia entry, which I added back as a source. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 09:18, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I do NOT think the claims are faked, and nowhere in my rationale did I even imply it. I also did do WP:BEFORE and Google gave me nothing viable. If you'd read my rationale you'd've realised I did my due diligence. —Jeremy v^_^v ^Bori! 21:47, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep per the museum collections. --Theredproject (talk) 00:49, 26 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Represented in important collections as per Theredproject. Curiocurio (talk) 12:07, 26 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
note to admin this was withdrawn by the nom.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 05:08, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep No point in voting after withdrawal. But i would concur with strong keep arguments made by ThatMontrealIP. Accesscrawl (talk) 06:26, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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