Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Zwirner
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- 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 was no consensus so keep, and move to David Zwirner Gallery. Bduke 08:20, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] David Zwirner
Owner of a non-notable art gallery. Borderline spammy, and unsourced. — Coren (talk) 23:22, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
- Comment Small art galleries can be notable. The artists represented certainly are. That said the article is not worth much in its current state. It is up to the author to add references and improve the content if he wants it to be kept. The article would be better recast as being about the gallery than the owner himself. --DanielRigal 23:35, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
Will you help me do this? I added the information because I was looking him up online and Wikipedia only had a "please build this page" on his name. I wanted to fill in what little I did know about him and his gallery in the hopes that someone else would know more later. I did find coverage of his exhibitions online, but very little about the gallery itself other than boilerplate PR information. This is the first Wikipedia page I've created and I'd like to learn how to write better entries. Goawayplease, Mary Hawkins 00:10, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
- Well, the first (and most important thing) you have to do is find coverage from reliable sources; such as books, newspapers, etc. They need not be on the web, although that helps because it simplifies verifiability to some degree. The gallery seems to have a number of notable artists, this makes it likely that non-trivial press coverage exists.
- Once you found that coverage, use the information to flesh up the article making sure you cite the sources you have found. — Coren (talk) 00:48, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
- Comment Can we just rename the article and hack it about a bit to make it about the gallery?--Bedivere 18:57, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
- Keep because extensive media references would indicate that a proper article can be written, although it should be clearly about the gallery not the person, and the current version needs much work. Eleland 21:06, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
- Delete notability not established through sources. If this cahnges I will reconsider. Nuttah68 10:16, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
- Delete as per nom not notable.Harlowraman 17:19, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
- Move to David Zwirner Gallery, given that some outside coverage in reliable sources exists. The article needs much cleanup, and will also need restructuring - but the gallery does appear to be notable enough to take a swing at it. A new article under this name may be warranted if the owner becomes notable for reasons beyond the gallery. ZZ Claims ~ Evidence 19:05, 24 August 2007 (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.
