Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Flohr

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The result was delete. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:12, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Flohr

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Non-WP:GNG-notable artist. Julietdeltalima (talk) 20:42, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Artists, Arts, Visual arts, and California. Julietdeltalima (talk) 20:42, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Flies a bit too under the radar for notability. San Diego Magazine, repeated coverage in Art Business News, but doesn't seem to be any significant critical or popular engagement. At best too soon. Jahaza (talk) 21:51, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - This promotional article is on a non-notable commercial production painter. There is no indication in the article sourcing and what I found in a BEFORE search to indicate they do not meet WP:NARTIST nor WP:GNG. It seems they had a work in one group show at a notable venue (the DeYoung). I could find no notable exhibitions, collections or reviews, no art historical critical analysis. Netherzone (talk) 00:22, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment the group show at the DeYoung was his student work. The only citations for that show were from oft repeated promotion material on various sale sties. I've deleted a lot of the promotional lint from the article, including excessive general "external links" long out of date. It looks like the last post he made to his blogspot was 2010. I didn't remove the link, but... WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:25, 17 July 2022 (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.