Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nitin Shroff

Nitin Shroff

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Weak claims to fame per Wikipedia:Notability_(people)#Creative_professionals; bringing artists from Seychelles to an exhibition, and being written about in Airlife Magazine, a quarterly that distributed at a single French airport. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 15:29, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 16:48, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 16:48, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep "An exhibition"? Shroff was the first person to bring established Seychellois artists to the Venice Art Biennale (he was also a curator). The Master ---)Vote Saxon(--- 00:03, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment "First person to bring <nationality> artists to <art organization>" does not meet any notability criteria that I'm aware of. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 14:04, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Curating for the Venice Biennale does not make you instantly notable. That is especially the case when there appear to be zero reliable sources available! I did a search in Gnews and Gbooks and came up with a big fat nothing. No sources, no notability. 104.163.147.121 (talk) 01:28, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note' that my vote above was removed by an editor who called it trolling. This is odd as at another AfD a few hours ago, my vote was removed by The Master, the editor above. I would encourage you both to respect the valid votes of other editors.104.163.147.121 (talk) 10:44, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. What I see by this one: [1] is that he participated in Venice Bienalle as an artist, representing the country. This is one of the most important events in art world, it not the most important. This one grants passing WP:ARTIST. Arthistorian1977 (talk) 13:41, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
After a bit of a deep dive, I think we should Delete because the two Venice claims aren't exactly what they claim to be. The first one: that he exhibited in Venice is mostly correct, with a key caveat: he showed at one of 48 different "Collateral Events" that are not part of the central Venice programming, but which happen at the same time. He showed at Palazzo Bembo (See here[2]) with 77 other artists. Some of them are well known, but many are unknown. The curators of the exhibition are not particularly well known either: Francesca Crudo, Sarah Gold, Carol Roll and Valeria Romagnini. Of the 77 artists, the majority are redlinked, which is merely a quick shorthand:

Canal Cheong Jagerroos

Peter Simon Mühlhäußer

The Icelandic Love Corporation

Elena & Vitaliy Vasiliev

Of the second claim, setting aside the question of whether being the curator would establish notability, I can't find verifiable WP:RS that indicate he was the actual curator. The best that I could find was [[3]] or [[4]] which indicate someone else was the curator. His own bio says he "Proposed and collaborated on the 2015 National Pavilion of the Seychelles. La Biennale di Venezia. 56th International Art Exhibition" which would seem to back that up. Maybe TOOSOON, so I am happy if it is recreated in the future, but only with WP:RS and without puffed up claims. Theredproject (talk) 22:10, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment These [5] may or may not help. They were scanned and provided to me by a friend of the subject when I was trying to write the article and asked if they had anything. The Master ---)Vote Saxon(--- 02:00, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]