Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/August Albo

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result of the debate was keep. Flowerparty■ 05:17, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] August Albo

The article itself says he was an obscure artist. Article fails to establish notability. User:Zoe|^(talk) 03:31, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

• keep article has no inherent problems. google yields several quick searches to sites selling Albo's art, demonstrating notability. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Niffweed17 (talk • contribs)
• Weak keep per Niffweed. Royboycrashfan 05:00, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Article fails to establish notability. Only 33 unique google hits. dbtfz^talk 05:08, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, insufficiently notable. — Adrian Lamo ·· 05:35, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep per Niffweed. At least this isn't the usual vanity or hoax trash. Needs research and improvement. Slowmover 05:36, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep per Slowmover. KillerChihuahua^?!? 06:33, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep per Niffweed. --Terence Ong 07:26, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
• Reluctant keep per others voting "weak keep". —Eternal Equinox | talk 14:02, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete -- getcrunkjuice^contribs 17:38, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Keep: Albo is a tremendous talent that is known in circles of advanced art discussion. His notability should not be questioned. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.59.15.43 (talk • contribs)

• Comment: It's fine to say he's notable, but this article cites no sources, making most of its claims unverifiable. — Adrian Lamo ·· 20:36, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
  • That makes the claims unverified, not unverifiable. kotepho 00:32, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Google probably isn't the best criterion given the date and nationality. Dlyons493 Talk 21:33, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
  • What about the edit by the article's own creator, which calls him "obscure"? User:Zoe|^(talk) 21:38, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
• Needs sources if it is to be kept, no vote either way. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 21:40, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
• Comment There's a reproduction of the FREE AS THE WIND running horses at [1] also [2] (scroll down past the dog!). For August Albo, 20th century 'Strauss Waltz' Oil on canvas Signed 61cm x 101cm see [3] and [4] Prices seem to vary from about $250 for a reproduction to possibly $9000 for a large original. [5] claims that the A. Curtis alias comes from Library of Congress copyright records. There are also some claims that he used the alias Rod Palmer Dlyons493 Talk 22:15, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. A Google search comes up with 148 results. [6]

A search of verifiable sources through my local library including Grove Art came up with nothing. While I have have seen "Free as the Wind", there are problems with verifiabily and notability. Capitalistroadster 00:19, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

• Weak keep This certainly needs sources. kotepho 00:32, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
• keep but clean up needed bad!--Isolani 00:41, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
• A reference: The WBIS Online mentions him (confirming years of birth and death and the fact that he was an artist) and refers to an Estonian biographical work: Välis-Eesti kunstnikke: Väike biograafiline leksikon, [Berendsen, Olga; Puhm, Mall; Salo, Vello (toim.)]. - [Rooma; Toronto], [1980]. (Just don't add that to the article until somebody has actually checked it.) u p p l a n d 07:32, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep add sources, but Google is not the source for Estonians, definitely from the first half of teh 20th century --MaNeMeBasat 07:44, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

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.