Talk:Charles-Louis Michelez

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Contested deletion

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because the subject is a well known photographer (@User:Compassionate727: Please check at least Google, before placing such requests within seconds after uploading!) --NearEMPTiness (talk) 17:30, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Contested deletion

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because Charles-Louis Michelez was one of the pioneers of French photography. --NearEMPTiness (talk) 19:24, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Status and Advice

As reviewing administrator, I did not delete the article. It seems clear that Michelez is historically important, and probably meets our notability requirements. The article does need some strengthening--the most important criterion for any creative artist is the documented presence of works in the permanent collections of major museums. DGG ( talk ) 21:28, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for keeping the article and for your advice on possible improvements. I was actually a bit frustrated that User:Compassionate727 placed a speedy deletion within one minute after uploading, which didn't give him much time at all, to check the relevance or even think about strengthening the article himself. Now I am glad to see that nothing is as black and white as he thinks, but there are some shades of grey in between. --NearEMPTiness (talk) 22:29, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]