Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Silvia Cambir

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The result was keep. WjBscribe 23:45, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Silvia Cambir

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Fails WP:BIO. Nothing in the "Creative Professionals" section mentions that a professional is notable if he/she has won an award. That said, all the sources that exist on her are French (so I can't read them), but from the looks of it, her work has been featured in some galleries. I cannot say whether the galleries are major or not (requirement of WP:BIO), but I will retract this nomination if they are. Until then, I say delete. Panoptical 15:09, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

• Comment. According to this, her works are featured in the Galeria Simeza, which is, according to this source, an "old" and "well-known" gallery, albeit a small one (two rooms), that "displays the most important Romanian contemporary artists' works". According to this source, she attended a/the Academy of Fine Arts and was a student of Camil Ressu. It also says something about her being the author of an art/artists dictionary/reference book. I gather the impression that she's notable, but I can't say for sure ... my knowledge of Romanian is very limited. I have placed a request at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Romania for assistance in translating some of the sources. — Black Falcon ^(Talk) 02:36, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
• Weak keep I was going to go for delete, but I looked into the Romanian-language links. This article (also cited by Black Falcon above), is about her winning the top prize in Romanian art in 2005 (the Award of the Union of Visual Artists - also mentioned here and here). The news was published by one of the most read Romanian newspapers. Another journal reviews her work [1]. An article first published as a press release of the Romanian Television describes her as part of a group of artists who regularly visit the Bulgarian town of Balchik, where they paint plein air (this phenomenon is perhaps noteworthy - and both the person and the group are mentioned again here). A google book search I performed gives one snippet result which lists her as one of the most important Romanian book illustrators in 1971 (Die Besten der besten: Bilder-, Kinder- und Jugendbücher aus 57 Ländern oder Sprachen). In may ways, it appears borderline, but it's perhaps worth keeping. Dahn 10:53, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per Dahn and my comment further above. Although the article is presently rather short, I think it may only be a matter of getting the attention of someone in Romania (with access to print sources). — Black Falcon ^(Talk) 16:55, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Comment I am actually in Romania myself (I just dislike adding myself to categories). I'll keep in mind to find more printed sources - I've already looked through some available at home, but they are rather outdated (one such overview of Romanian art ends with a select few artists who were active in the 1960s and 70s). Dahn 17:04, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

• keep Not everything notable is net-accessable, especially in non-english countries. Mbisanz 22:03, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

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