Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Burke (artist)

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The result was delete. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:10, 6 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

James Burke (artist)[edit]

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An autobiographical article by this youngish artist. I would expect anything in the form of reliable news coverage would be easily available, as he has been active during thefirst decade of the 2000s. He doesn't claim to have had any solo exhibitions, while the claim of "receiving attention" in the Financial Times sounds tenouos - it looks like the coverage was about the Saatchi gallery/website if anything. Being shortlisted for a minor art award doesn't equate to meeting WP:ARTIST. Sionk (talk) 21:29, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - As per nom, the subject must be sourced from independent, neutral revenues, which is not the case Eduemoni ^↑talk↓ 12:47, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:15, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:15, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep per WP:ARTIST and GNG. It's usually the case with artists they maintain a list of resources and press clippings on their website. As is the case here:In the press, Exhibitions, Notable collections. I can bring up full copies of the press articles if needed, or request at WP:REX. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 07:37, 30 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Which ones confer notability? The news articles are about the Saatchi online website (and Burke praising it). He has work in the collection of his MA college, which is hardly surprising. Sionk (talk) 13:26, 30 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete -- User:Jamespburke seems to have stopped editing his own autobio article about three years. It looks to me as if (like many artists) he failed to make a living by his art and has found other work, perhaps websites. Peterkingiron (talk) 21:57, 2 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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