Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adam and Eve (exhibition)

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 delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 04:57, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Adam and Eve (exhibition)

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This is an article about an art exhibition that took place over a little less than two months in 1992. Notability isn't inherited, so the exhibition is not notable simply because of the works that were displayed. There was a notability concern as long ago as 2008 and I see no evidence that the General Notability Guideline has been met. Exemplo347 (talk) 23:26, 15 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions. Exemplo347 (talk) 23:26, 15 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. Exemplo347 (talk) 23:26, 15 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep The exhibition is listed in several catalogues of the various artists involved. The list of artists is pretty stellar indeed, and it was evidently a major show. There will certainly be significant coverage in terms of reviews in Japanese, and the article should not be deleted without a search being done by a Japanese speaker. It was in fact called "The Tenth Anniversary Exhibition: Adam and Eve" in English, so it is not surprising if earlier searches failed to find anything. Johnbod (talk) 23:41, 15 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The bar is way, way higher than it was when the article was created. The General Notability Guideline applies. All the mentions out there are name checks in non-independent sources, and when something is described as a major international exhibition there really should be international coverage of it. This was a promotional puff piece when it was created and the article would be totally unsourced if the WP:COATRACK "biblical background" section was removed. Exemplo347 (talk) 06:09, 16 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Tentative Delete: This has only a tiny mention on the website of the museum: MOMA, Saitama, which includes the name of the exhibition: 開館10周年記念展 アダムとイヴ and the dates ［1992.10.10-1992.12.06]. The museum has a Japanese WP entry, which does not mention this exhibition. All in all it seems very marginal. Imaginatorium (talk) 12:10, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete It may have been a significant and artistically important even of an exhibition but sources that indicate so are lacking. Therefore, we are obliged to decide on account of lack of sources. An editor wrote above that "it was evidently a major show" but where's the evidence? -The Gnome (talk) 09:44, 24 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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.