Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Antonio DeVity

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 to delete, and perhaps no consensus that the person even existed. Article may well wind up back at AfD, but it seems there is sufficient doubt at this time. Mojo Hand (talk) 02:01, 14 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Antonio DeVity

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Artist that does not seem to meet WP:ARTIST or claim to significance. Only References to be found are from his galleries website or auction houses and art galleries selling his paintings. - McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 20:12, 21 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 22:09, 21 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:27, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Clearly a prolific artist in his time, and has one work in a Liverpool collection [1] but while that could contribute towards WP:ARTIST criterion 4(d), it is insufficient. Happy to revise opinion though if someone can identify works in prominent public collections or critical coverage. AllyD (talk) 08:09, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:25, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Mind you, I saw Northamerica1000's relisting and I was going to just delete this, but thought I'd do a little snooping. It's quite amazing: there's next to nothing about this guy but his paintings are for sale all over the place. I found this here, which I was prepared to discard, but I read the page and developed some faith in the website's author. It's still no much but it's something. Let me ping the local art experts, Mandarax and Johnbod, who may be able to find something related to this sofa artist. Drmies (talk) 02:38, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete only ref is a no return dead link. Started by 1-edit account with apparent COI. I'd never heard of him. Johnbod (talk) 01:06, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Week Keep/Neutral - I found a few more bits of coverage, the best result of which is his birth name which gives another search term. I added the material in a way to help future researchers as I don't think this will survive AfD. The Oregonian doesn't indicate their sources for a Q &A and I'm not familiar with the Gallerie Molinas to know if it meets RS. I won't have time to dig on the name this weekend but I think we warrrants more digging. If I don't get back to this before it closes, please userfy for me. If I can't bring it up to par within a reasonable amount of time, I'll delete. StarM 03:31, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
~~Weak Keep~~ - The artist seems to be a notable producer of that brand of artistic kitsch- "wet Parisian streets". A diurnal, low-rent John Atkinson Grimshaw. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 08:29, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Artist may not exist- the name appears to be the trading name of an "art studio" trading from the 1940s or 1950s. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 08:43, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't that make it more fun? Drmies (talk) 05:35, 9 November 2014 (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.