Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/U-Ram Choe

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 No consensus, default to Keep. Walton^One 15:13, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] U-Ram Choe

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WP:COI posts of material that is not independent of U-Ram Choe. Talk page asserts copyright approval to overcome CSD G12. Even so, U-Ram Choe has not received enough coverage in reliable sources that are independent of U-Ram Choe to develop an attributable article on the topic. -- Jreferee T/C 18:25, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

• Keep and overcome any copyright issues. I looked at three sources [1], [2] and [3] that seem completely independent; a couple of the other citations didn't seem to offer archival material and there was one suspicious one (Basel) that seemed to be a pay-to-exhibit show. I think this is borderline and I can understand it being PRODded, I'm not familiar with the specific galleries, but the three sources convinced me. Accounting4Taste 00:28, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
• Weak delete I searched in three languages and I don't see that any reliable source (e.g. a specialised magazine, a newspaper, or a book) has written more than a single paragraph about the guy; basically, there's not enough independent discussion of him or his work right now to write an encyclopedia article. Best sources I could find were the Wired feature already in the article, this piece from a Chinese visual arts magazine [4], and one paragraph in a longer Donga Ilbo magazine article [5]. cab 00:50, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Korea-related deletions.
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletions. —David Eppstein 02:33, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

• Weak keep - barely clears the notability bar, but issues of COI and copyright remain. -- Whpq 17:44, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

• U-Ram Choe is exhibiting at the Liverpool Biennale 2008 and the Asian Art Triennale in Manchester 2008. The Mori Art Museum published a catalog of his work in 2006. In 2007 his art brokes records in the Christie's auction for Asian Contemporary Art. Since he is Korean, Engish his name is sometimes mis-spelled "Choe U-Ram", "Choe Uram" and "Uram Choe". The Crow Collection of Asian Art featured him in Dallas Texas Summer 2007- that was his first US show in an institution where English is the primary language. His reviews are primarily in Korean, Chinese and Japanese. If this page is deleted, it will only get added a year from now by someone new that "discovers" his work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lalablereau (talk • contribs) 06:08, 27 September 27 (UTC)
  • Please add your comments at the bottom of the discussion, not the top, and sign with four tildes ~~~~. I searched in Korean and Chinese and the most I could find written about him was a single paragraph; not enough for us to base an article on. Can you point to anything more substantial in Japanese? Thanks, cab 23:51, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

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