Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wesley Warren
Having shows in 4 states, produced hundreds of pieces of art, and even producing the most wonderful artwork in the world is great, but it is not Notability. Welcome to the "boring" world of Wikipedia, the primary descriptor of which is that it is an encyclopedia. That means it does not include things that are "pretty" or "wonderful" or "imaginative", or the opinion of any editor who thinks any one thing has those qualities. Wikipedia:Verifiability|Wikipedia's core policy is that it is un-imaginative, i.e. we as editors '''do not''' rate whether an artist should be included in Wikipedia because '''we''' see the art in a lot of places (that’s called Wikipedia:No original research|original research), or that '''we''' think your art is good (that’s called Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|opinion). '''#DIRECTORY|Wikipedia is not a directory of artist''', so to be a biographical article in Wikipedia the subject needs to have been notable beyond the normal "create works, sell them in commercial galleries, get reviews" that '''all''' artist do.  To be in Wikipedia you need to be included in some manner of |higher recognition where you have been singled out, and that recognition has to be |published. To be in Wikipedia it is also far better that you |not be you (but not necessary
— User:Fountains, 19:20, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
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Cited policy: WP:NOT||WP:BIO||WP:V||WP:COI (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)