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The result was delete. – bradv 🍁 06:04, 6 January 2020 (UTC) reply

Shey Rivera Ríos

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Insufficient coverage in independent, secondary sources, does not meet WP:GNG. There's some decent independent coverage in the introduction of this piece, but I wasn't able to find anything else. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 00:01, 30 December 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 00:01, 30 December 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 00:01, 30 December 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Puerto Rico-related deletion discussions. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 00:01, 30 December 2019 (UTC) reply

• Delete. You beat me to nomination by a matter of seconds! I only found 4 sources about her: two are trivial event listings, one is a poem she submitted to a Jamaican newspaper, and the last one is the hyperallergic piece, styled largely as an interview. I am unaware if that publication is considered reliable in the art world, but as far as I'm concerned she absolutely fails GNG. Unless more coverage such as the hyperallergic piece is shown, she fails WP:ARTIST as well. PK650 ( talk) 00:12, 30 December 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete All of the coverage is basically bios and announcements by organizations where they have worked or will work. There is an absence of independent coverage here. (For example, the Hyperallergenic review is about a show at the place where they used to be the director, so one can wonder about how independent that is.) The art career aspect is very meagre. ThatMontrealIP ( talk) 00:27, 30 December 2019 (UTC) reply

The article was a product of a Brown University course. If the creator is reading this, it was good editing but the notability isn't there. ThatMontrealIP ( talk) 00:36, 30 December 2019 (UTC) reply

• Delete as non-notable. Mdaniels5757 ( talk) 22:10, 30 December 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple ( talk) 14:22, 31 December 2019 (UTC) reply

• Keep/send to Drafts: I worked with the students who wrote this article. The article is just building, and I let them know that the sources were not at the level needed for Wikipedia.

Rivera's work and art are notable in Rhode Island and national contexts:

• Rivera served as the second artistic director of AS220, one of the most important art organizations in Rhode Island and New England, and made important decisions during their tenure that determined the direction of the organization, most notably the deeper representation of Rhode Island's Latinx and LGBTQ communities in the organization;
• They are a finalist for one Rhode Island's most prestigious fellowships, the McColl Johnson Fellowships
• They were a speaker at TedxProvidence.
• They were the keynote speaker at the National Association for Latino Arts and Culture's Regional Arts Training Workshop
• They are a public humanities fellow at the John Nicolas Brown Center For The Public Humanities, and an visiting artist at the Rhode Island School of Design's Art Museum
• Their work related to Puerto Rico earned a mention in journalist Ed Morales' history of Puerto Rico Fantasy Island:Colonialism, Exploitation and the Betrayl of Puerto Rico.
• They are one of Providence Monthly's 10 to Watch.

I think part of the issue may be their name. Rivera has been referred to as Shey Rivera Rios, Shey Rivera, and Sheyla Rivera at different times in their life. Here's a quick bibliography of sources I've found; unfortunately many secondary sources in this region of the US (Providence Journal, Boston Globe) are behind paywalls, making it even more difficult to find quick, Google-able proof of notability.

• Siclen, Bill (18 October 2015). "AS220: Alive and still kicking at 30 - Providence-based arts and performance center making new plans for the future as it celebrates a milestone". Providence Journal. p. 1. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
• "Pawtucket's Arnold wins prize to write for one year". The Times (Pawtucket, RI). 26 February 2019. p. A1. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
• Silva, Elda (1 May 2016). "Arts' struggle for representation not unique". San Antonio Express. p. A9. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
• Wells, Jackson (19 April 2018). "Panel discusses Puerto Rican recovery". Brown Daily Herald: Brown University (Providence, RI). Retrieved 31 December 2019.

Most of the items you cite do not really contribute to notability. Being a director of an oganisation: well, lots of people are directors, it is a job. Being nominated for a fellowship: not the same as winning. Speaking at TEDX: not significant... the October 2019 TEDX providence had over 20 speakers. Keynote speaker at a regional training workshop: another part of having a job (director of AS220). The coverage here is very weak, and the examples like the ones above are an attempt to synthesize notability form a job, some speaking gigs and a very minor art career. What is missing here is independent in-depth recognition in the form of sourcing. ThatMontrealIP ( talk) 22:01, 31 December 2019 (UTC) reply

to tag on to this, TEDX conferences are independent of TED and don't a priori convey any sort of authority. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 23:02, 31 December 2019 (UTC) reply

• The problem isn't that the sources are not at the level "required", it's that the person herself is non-notable per Wikipedia's notability guidelines. Unfortunately those supplementary ones you've provided do not contribute to her notability given they're not about her exclusively. I speak Spanish and am aware of Latin name conventions and any problems that might arise when searching for sources; as far as I could tell there is simply not enough out there to justify the inclusion of this biography on Wikipedia. PK650 ( talk) 06:22, 1 January 2020 (UTC) reply

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