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The Upstage Gallery

The Upstage Gallery (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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I have carried out WP:BEFORE on this article about an art gallery, and added two references to an exhibition. I do not see significant coverage in reliable secondary sources, however. An alternative might be to redirect to Jayhawk Theatre, which has a short, unreferenced section on this gallery. The article has been tagged as possibly not notable since 2017. Tacyarg (talk) 17:53, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Artists, Visual arts, and Kansas. Tacyarg (talk) 17:53, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Theatre, Museums and libraries, and Travel and tourism. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 18:55, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - only local coverage. Bearian (talk) 14:43, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - Does not meet WP:NCORP nor WP:GNG. Not sure about redirecting to Jayhawk Theatre; I just looked at the theater's website, and there is no mention of the Upstage Gallery. There is one mention of a planned "Jayhawk gallery", however the Jayhawk Theater will not reopen until 2025 (as per the website) and we don't know if it include the Upstage Gallery. If in the future the gallery is rebuilt/reinstalled and there is significant coverage, an article can be redrafted. Netherzone (talk) 18:21, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - It looks like it was an unrealized idea created years ago - the theater is still struggling to be restored. There are not many and no new references to "The Upstage Gallery" and the person that created the page as not done much else. Myotus (talk) 18:27, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Juno Doran

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Prod was removed, fairly, as exhibition list here shows it could meet WP:NARTIST. I couldn't find sources to show it meets this or WP:GNG, however. Boleyn (talk) 19:58, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:23, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Portugal-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:23, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:23, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:26, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:28, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete completely unsourced. Elspea756 (talk) 21:55, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep: I've added a couple of sources to verify basics and a residency. There seem to be several notabiliy-conferring sources listed in her "info" page such as " 2007 Shortlist magazine. “The 10 new British artists worth investing in now”. UK.", "2006 Periferica, January issue, front cover and 3 page feature in arts & culture magazine, Portugal" and "2003 The Observer, review, February 2nd", though I can't find much online. PamD 10:43, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Found and added source re her competition-finalist self-portrait featured in book. PamD 11:12, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete I removed the unsourced CV laundry list of exhibitions. The sources added (ArtFacts, aa2a.biz, and 1stDibs.com) can't be used to show notability, they are quasi-commercial sites. junodoran.com is primary. The single event of being a a finalist of "BP Portrait Award" is not enough. WP:TOOSOON --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:59, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]