Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Ozanne

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 delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:55, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Richard Ozanne

Richard Ozanne (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

An "preeminent visual artist" for whom grand but alas airy and unsubstantiated (and poorly spelled) claims are made. A bit earlier, interested readers would have read that He has received more than 100 nominiations [sic] for awards, distinctions and letters from many societies, social organizations, foundations and academies during his career as an artist; this has now gone, but he has a sense of international significance as a World Artist, to the extent of having his biography written up by the "International Biographical Centre" (whose article was, perhaps just coincidentally, vandalized, bowdlerized or "abridged" by an interested party). Unverifiable puffery. -- Hoary 11:24, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletions. – Alf^Photoman 22:50, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Delete, fewer than 1200 G Hits and some of these are WP mirrors. Doesn't seem to be quite as notable as his biography claims. Inadequate number of independent verifiable sources. Maustrauser 22:36, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Whispering 15:49, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. NN person. Dismas|^(talk) 16:07, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• Comment : needs a closer check because in a resume on the internet there are claims that he won :

“Oscar Della Arte” Gold Medal Torino 2006, Society of Michelangelo Buanarotti

First Prize, Religious Art (Free Subject), Santamaria della Arte, Torino Italy

First Prize, European Small Works Exhibition, Torino Italy 2005

we should see if someone from Italy or living in Italy can find some second party sources. The first award is notable. no opinion about the other two. Alf^Photoman 23:53, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

• Delete as not notable - not a whiff of serious critical attention. If he is notable, then a bottom price of 50 Euros for a 45 minute lesson (per his website) is a bargain indeed ... I don't know the first prize, but I don't think it can make him notable when nothing much else does. Johnbod 03:25, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
• weak delete or perhaps stubify to the sentence about the prize, assuming that it can be documented. Nothing else apparently can.DGG 10:19, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete after spending a few days for references, irritated by the Oscar Della Arte, I have discovered that I had confused it with the Michelangelo Buanarotti gold medal that is not awarded anymore. The awards cited are among the hundreds given in Torino alone. No serious critical reviews could be found Alf^Photoman 14:52, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

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.