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The result was keep. John254 18:49, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jacek Yerka[edit]

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Note: This debate has been included in the list of Poland-related deletions. --   ⇒ bsnowball  13:27, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This has been listed on Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Visual arts Tyrenius 01:18, 17 February 2007 (UTC) [reply]

The primary problem is notability, the secondary, lack of references. The article claims without a reference that 'Jacek Yerka's work has been exhibited in Poland, Germany, Monaco, France, and the United States. His works also hang in Polish art museums.' Even if this is referenced, is it enough to have ones work displayed in few (what?) exhibitions and musems? Are they notable - or are they just an exhibition and museum in a small town or two...?  _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  16:59, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - the article has a link to an Omni article which is specifically about the subject. A search on Amazon shows a strange collaboration between him and Harlan Ellison [1]. -- Whpq 17:50, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Mind Fields alone would be enough to keep, IMHO, but he seems to have quite a lot of notability even beyond that. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 17:58, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Strong ref.[2]. I agree we could do with more. I've also cleaned up the article en route. Tyrenius 23:29, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep The existence of two books exclusively devoted to his art seems fairly notable. References are admittedly sparse, but an article in Omni is fairly reliable as sources go.Planetneutral 01:05, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Meets WP:BIO due to exhibitions and plenty of reliable internet sources are available. John Vandenberg 01:40, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per all above statements. - LA @ 08:38, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per all above Johnbod 15:16, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Info There's also a generic discussion on artist notability that started Feb 14. --Mereda 16:12, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.