Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lisa Frank

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The result was keep. Sources now added, I think this fixes the problem here. Tone 12:03, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lisa Frank[edit]

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Appears to fail Wikipedia:Notability, article has been tagged for improvement since April 2010. — MrDolomite • Talk 16:37, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete unless sourcing is added to bring it inline with BLP guidelines - There was a SF Gate blog post about it that got picked up by Jezebel. Those two are the most obvious sources but both are blogs, although high profile ones. There's also an FTC settlement note from about 10 years ago, and there's a pretty strong web presence in general, although most of it appears to be shopping or primary sources. Shadowjams (talk) 17:28, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - For what it's worth I've heard of her and probably everyone who has bought school supplies in the last couple decades has seen her work. I think there is potential for notability but I agree that sources seem to be lacking, as she is primarily a commercial artist. - OldManNeptune (talk) 17:39, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with your assessment so I've added the BLP caveat above. Right now it has 0 WP:RS backing it up so I'm concerned with BLP guidelines, but if someone could add some (in addition to the blog ones I pointed out above) then I'd easily switch to keep. Shadowjams ([[User

talk:Shadowjams|talk]]) 18:01, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Comment - I've added two from newspapers. Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 23:40, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:13, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:13, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - With the added citations I support keeping but encourage development and citation for the sake of preventing further nominations for deletion. I believe the subject is notable (30+ year career and possibly the only person to get name recognition for illustrating trappers) but the circumstance of being a commercial artist hampers sourcing; however that should not stand in the way of giving the article a chance. - OldManNeptune (talk) 00:52, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. She's the founder, president, and CEO of a multimillion-dollar public corporation. Walk into any commercial art store, arts and crafts, or children's section of your local Walmart and you will be bombarded with Lisa Frank products. Niche product, not likely to find a lot of information in books and newspapers, etc. outside of sales ads for Michael's Arts & Crafts though. Cindamuse (talk) 23:50, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, WP:GNG now satisfied, and per Cindamuse.--Arxiloxos (talk) 03:25, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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