Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Regis Silva

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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 deleted. WP:SNOW CSD A7 and the fact that the author himself is blanking it. Someone is upset and there's no point in prolonging the agony. Docg 18:13, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regis Silva

Regis Silva (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

An interesting article, unclear to me whether notable or not.

The article was created by

apparently the bio subject, comprising a self-bio licensed under GFDL. Most of this was "puff", but there did seem to be relevant claims in it that were by their nature verifiable. These included the following statements and claims:

  • "First solo exhibition at the Pacific Grove Arts Center, 2005, with feature-length pieces in both The Monterey Herald's Go! Magazine and the Monterey County Weekly."
  • "Other exhibitions at San Francisco's Blue Room Gallery, the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, the Pajaro Valley Art Center Gallery , and the Day of the Dead Celebration at the Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz."

There is an AFD principle that an article on a genuinely notable subject should not be deleted just because it was created as a promotion piece. The above are borderline claims, and made promotionally. Nonetheless if verified there would be a legitimate question whether multiple exhibitions and coverage constitutes sufficient evidence that this is not a "run of the mill" artist. That evidence is not presented (yet); nor (if it was) would I be expert enough to assess these claims in the art world. Hence this AFD listing to examine those questions.

Other relevant Wikipedia policies and practices:

  1. Brief mentions in the media may not be evidence of notability; Wikipedia looks at long term historic notability.
  1. Media that cover a subject (ie, person or other topic) may not be good evidence of that subject's notability, if they are themselves indiscriminative, or small scale and local, and so on. (For example a magazine in a town of 500 people will give coverage to very minor events that do not indicate the events are notable, and a magazine with a "popular culture" section must find some elements of popular culture to write about each issue whether or not these are discriminatingly chosen).

Left to discussion to test evidence, and claims, and judge notability. FT2 (Talk | email) 18:41, 27 November 2007 (UTC)


  • Delete Not yet shown to be notable.
  • First of above, Googling "Pacific Grove Arts Center" 2005 "Regis Silva" gives two non-Wiki hits from the same source, an article written by "Kai Laiolo" a week ago, who according to Google, has written precisely nothing else.
  • Second of above, Googling most of these venues + "Regis Silva" produces similar results.
  • Most sites obtained by Googling "Regis Silva" seem to be mostly promotional sites, these which aren't do not satisfy "long term historic notability", certainly not going back beyond 2005. --Rodhullandemu (please reply here - contribs) 21:33, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak keepdelete. Here is an article in Brazzil Magazine which seems to go a long way towards establishing notability. I'm not really familiar with the art-scene though, so I can't really be a proper judge. Inpit from any editors more familiar with the subject would be helpful. henrik•talk 22:20, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Comment Henrik's reference is the one I referred to under "First of above"; I don't regard it as a strong source given the efforts which appear to have been made to put Regis Silva's name just about anywhere it can be put. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rodhullandemu (talk • contribs) 00:00, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Yep, I noticed that later. I haven't been able to verify out how much of an WP:RS that magazine is, so I'm changing my mind, per the reasoning of others. henrik•talk 06:45, 28 November 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.