Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jan Stursa

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The result of the debate was no consensus. Article defaults to "keep." Joyous 16:32, Feb 27, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Jan Stursa

The article reads "Jan Stursa (1880 - 1925) was a Czechoslovakian sculptor." End of article. With 862 google hits [1] is this figure "notable enough"? Where does the bar of notability lie for foreign sculptors and artists? GRider\^talk 20:16, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. He's got an entry in the Grove Art database, so if he's notable enough for them, he's notable enough for us. Gamaliel 20:19, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, article does not establish notability. Megan1967 06:04, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. The article isn't much, but he is clearly a significant artist. The website of the City Gallery of Prague mentions him as one of "the founding personalities of Czech sculpture".[2] The Czech National Gallery, in a very brief text on 19th century art, speaks of "the turn-of-the-century generation led by Jan Štursa".[3] And what does his "foreignness" have to do with anything? Would or should the bar of notability be lower if he was born in Liverpool? / u p p l a n d 07:58, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. The Columbia Encyclopedia has an article on this guy although it is a stub at best. [4] I hope we could do better. Capitalistroadster 10:06, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, nothing much in this stubby article. JamesBurns 05:54, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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