Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Allee

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The result was speedy keep. Per WP:SK#1. The nominator has withdrawn their nomination and there are no other arguments for deletion. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 15:39, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

David Allee[edit]

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Successful artist but doesn't meet WP:NARTIST or WP:GNG. It has been in CAT:NN for over 11 years so hopefully we can now resolve this issue one way or the other. Boleyn (talk) 06:57, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. Megan Barris (Lets talk📧) 10:31, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Megan Barris (Lets talk📧) 10:31, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I went thru his CV on his website to try to verify the museum collections listed there. I could ~~only~~ verify the Bronx Museum of the Arts [1] (the link shows his name in the list of featured articles.) ~~The other collections failed verifications.~~ The article is poor quality, but there may be notability. Netherzone (talk) 11:28, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment update - ~~I went through every exhibition venue and collection listed in his wikipedia article, and every single one failed verification except the Bronx Museum.~~ I have found three museum collections + one notable corporate collection. Netherzone (talk) 19:20, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - I was able to verify two museum collections: the Bronx Museum and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. I've added citations for these to the article. I think that two museum collections means he passes our notability criteria. It's really odd not able to find anything on the other institutions' websites re: exhibits or presence in their collections. I could find some things that seemed to be copied from his website or his wikipedia article, so it's really a mystery. Netherzone (talk)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Photography-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 14:28, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The subject easily passes WP:NARTIST, WP:BASIC and WP:GNG. What WP:BEFORE was done? Only going by what is currently in the article, in terms of WP:NARTIST, has had a solo exhition at a major gallery (Knoxville Museum of Art); work held in more than one permanent collection (Bronx Museum of the Arts and Santa Barbara Museum of Art); written about in multiple independent reliable sources with significant coverage of the subject (The New Yorker, The New York Times, Slate, Village Voice). The subject's site lists more examples as a springboard if we needed to go hunting for more. -Lopifalko (talk) 03:28, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Withdraw nomination per user:Netherzone's great work. Boleyn (talk) 06:49, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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