Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Picasso Award

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The result was redirect to UNESCO#Prizes, awards, and medals. JodyB_talk 17:52, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Picasso Award[edit]

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Can find no significant coverage of the award, no useful information in archive searches other than info related to the actual work by Picasso, the UNESCO website gives no list of recipients, only a few press releases and no significant information to ascertain notability. Hekerui (talk) 09:25, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, possibly rename Picasso Medal or Picasso-Miro Medal. References for verification at [1] and [2]. I would suggest that an award given by an organisation as large as Unesco is inherently notable. Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 12:55, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, those two sources offer almost nothing. I can't find something about a ceremony, a list of recipients, a cash award. Hekerui (talk) 18:06, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I was more offering those sources as proof that the award exists, didn't make that clear sorry. Like I say, my keep !vote is based on an assumption that any Unesco award would be notable. Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 18:57, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 20:15, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Week keep and rename Picasso Medal. The bios of the various winners seem to consider it prestigious enough to mention (e.g. Alicia Alonso, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Augusto Boal, [3]). Clarityfiend (talk) 21:59, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not to nag but Wikipedia bios are not reliable sources and in the linked source the medal went to a National Park Board of Management. Hekerui (talk) 23:15, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here are sources for Alonso[4][5], Shajarian ("Golden Picasso Medal (1999), one ofUNESCO's (sic) highest honors") [6], Boal [7]. Also, if the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park site considers it a point of pride to announce that the park was so honored, is this not significant? Clarityfiend (talk) 00:49, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, This is a link from persian BBC website which is translated using google translator about Mohammad-Reza Shajarian receiving this medal.Macromediax (talk) 09:12, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A source like this exists in English, too. We have to prove the award is notable, and notability is not derived from a recipient. Hekerui (talk) 10:52, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete Verified, but not notable. As Dylan says, one would expect that any award presented by UNESCO is notable, and indeed most (but not all) of the awards listed at UNESCO#Prizes, awards, and medals do have Wikipedia pages. But each medal should have to qualify under the usual guidelines, and this medal doesn't. A Google search mostly finds individuals bragging that they won the medal (which they claim was awarded by "UNESCO in France" whatever that is). Google News search for Picasso Award or Picasso Medal finds nothing at all. UNESCO itself doesn't seem to make much out of the award; it doesn't even maintain a list of winners. As for the fact that the recipients are notable, that means nothing. I could invent the MelanieN Medal and present it to famous people; that wouldn't make it notable. Could be redirected to UNESCO#Prizes, awards, and medals; it should at least be added to the list there. --MelanieN (talk) 16:55, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Very week keep or redirect per MenanieN. I could create the "Ron Ritzman" award and award it to famous people and that in itself would not make it notable but if the recipients brag about getting it or it gets some minor press coverage, that might make a case for notability. However, the sources provided so far only demonstrate that the award exist. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 12:37, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to UNESCO#Prizes, awards, and medals, per MelanieN and Ron Ritzman. T. Canens (talk) 02:51, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Cirt (talk) 15:11, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect per those above. Coverage isn't all that substantial and there's no reason why UNESCO awards should be inherently notable. Alzarian16 (talk) 16:15, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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