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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. The discussion is leaning towards "delete" but there just isn't enough participation to make a conclusive determination. King of ♠ 05:34, 27 January 2017 (UTC) reply

Zach Blas

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Delete. WP:BLP of an artist and writer, which just asserts that he exists and references that entirely to primary sources like his own website and his staff profile on the website of his own employer with no evidence of reliable source coverage in media shown at all. As always, an artist is not automatically entitled to a Wikipedia article just because he exists; he must be reliably sourceable as passing WP:CREATIVE for something for an article to become earned. Bearcat ( talk) 04:18, 4 January 2017 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple ( talk) 03:04, 9 January 2017 (UTC) reply

Comment. Entry has been updated with citations that demonstrate writing about the artist in major publications (and reliable sources) such as The New York Times and especially in principal art publications such as Artforum, ArtReview, and Frieze. Also cites various projects at major museums - Aoh5 ( talk) 18:13, 9 January 2017 (UTC) reply

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America 1000 08:55, 11 January 2017 (UTC) reply
  • Delete as trivial and unconvincing given the sources are simple announcements and mentions, there's nothing seriously convincing since there's nothing for a significant article as it is. SwisterTwister talk 05:24, 17 January 2017 (UTC) reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Juliancolton |  Talk 00:30, 19 January 2017 (UTC) reply
  • Keep, I feel that the pieces at ArtForum and Good Magazine arguably meet WP:BASIC by themselves. Some of the other sources here are of lesser reliability or are not in-depth coverage of the artist of his work, but I believe that, carefully sorted, there's enough. -- joe decker talk 03:32, 19 January 2017 (UTC) reply
  • Delete. Still fails WP:GNG. SW3 5DL ( talk) 20:52, 19 January 2017 (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.