Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simon Kozhin

Simon Kozhin

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The subject of this article has no particular notability, certainly not enough by WP standards. Furthermore, the article is even more problematic due to the fact that it was started by the artist himself under the username User:Onzart and he has continued to edit the article under User:SLKozhin and possibly other usernames and IPs, all of which clearly violates WP policy, not to mention basic etiquette and a host of other guidelines. Laval (talk) 17:37, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Probable delete The article is basically a CV, with no evidence of reviews or critical attention. I can't find any good online sources (although I don't understand Russian). The sources in the article are generally self-published (I assume the cited WHO IS WHO takes money from subjects), although the bibliography may contain a reliable source, even though I'm skeptical of a book called One Thousand Russian artists. Looking at Kozhin's art, it seems far from the contemporary art mainstream and therefore I don't imagine him getting coverage in the mainstream western art press. Unless there are Russian sources, I have to conclude he's non notable based on (1) my inability to find sources aside from self-published content on Google, Google Books or Google News (2) the poor existing sources given in the article (3) the unlikeliness of contemporary art publications devoting any space to Kozhin (4) he's apparently done nothing outside art that might be notable. Having works in major international collections is grounds for notability, and the mentioned collections aren't world-famous but maybe they have a degree of prestige in Russia? --Colapeninsula (talk) 18:02, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep We should add more sources in English or Russian rather than delete the article. Sorenaaryamanesh (talk) 21:25, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'd agree if there were more sources. Do you have any? --Colapeninsula (talk) 10:51, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Literaturnaya Gazeta articles cited appear to be good sources. I'll take another look tomorrow, as my Russian is a bit too rusty for me to be able to exercise it properly at nearly midnight. Phil Bridger (talk) 23:47, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep the 2007 Literaturnaya Gazeta article is significant detailed coverage in a full article of one of the most prestigious Russian magazines. the 2009 article is an interview with him about other projects, not his art. DGG ( talk ) 05:18, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]