Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Markus Raetz

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The result was keep per WP:SNOW. —David Eppstein (talk) 01:13, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Markus Raetz[edit]

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Notability not established per WP:ARTIST. —Josh3580_talk/hist 16:10, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose The artist is notable for sure. You should search for it. There are hundreds of academic references. Celebrities become notable with a magazine page but sculptures and arists don't. WP:ARTIST approves the article. It has lots of resources. --Kafkasmurat (talk) 17:35, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 17:52, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Switzerland-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 17:52, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 17:52, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There are 9 En.Wiki pages connecting to the article.--Kafkasmurat (talk) 17:53, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep ~~and mark for urgently needed cleanup~~. Although the article doesn't currently reflect it, the artist is notable. The SIKART database, more or less the standard biographical reference work for Swiss artists, covers him at a documentation level of 5 out of 5, reserved for the most significant artists, and includes an extensive biographical article. It also references a number of other reference works from 1958 to 1999 that cover Raetz, including Biografisches Lexikon der Schweizer Kunst, Künstlerverzeichnis der Schweiz, Lexikon der zeitgenössischen Schweizer Künstler and Künstlerlexikon der Schweiz. Sandstein 18:09, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've rewritten the article based on the SIKART entry and the German Wikipedia article; it should make the subject's notability more clear ... and be somewhat legible. Sandstein 18:48, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - These (mostly paywalled) book sources suggest that the subject likely meets WP:BASIC: [1], [2] p. 84., [3] pp. 763-764, [4], [5] pp. 1930-1933, [6] p. 105, [7] p. 78. Northamerica1000^(talk) 18:13, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I don't know why this article nominated. Just one search on Google was enough to understand.--Kafkasmurat (talk) 18:57, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep MoMA has work by Raetz from 1967 to 2007. http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=4787 Michiel Duvekot (talk)|(contribs) 19:52, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Snow keep per above sources clearly demonstrating that the subject passes WP:ARTIST. This is just the sort of situation for which WP:BEFORE was intended. --Arxiloxos (talk) 20:24, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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