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The result was Withdrawn this nomination was made following an OTRS contact about an unrelated issue from a third party. As the issues within have been resolved, closing this now. Mdann52 (talk) 19:21, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
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Fails WP:NARTIST - one selfpub source and one dead link Mdann52 (talk) 15:37, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
- Is there perhaps some mistake here, Mdann52? While I fully agree that our article is pitiful, this is a major artist of established international repute. He was the first black African to be made a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, which in itself is enough to guarantee his notability. Here is the BBC calling him "one of Africa's foremost artists" – which he surely is; here is a reviewer in Africa Spectrum calling him "Ein internationaler Superstar". He gets about 25 hits on JSTOR (allowing for a Malian film director of the same name and a writer on Malian music called Ousmane Sow Huchard), including this in-depth study of his work; 127 hits on Highbeam; 733 hits on Google News. I'm more than happy to work on this if you would like to. May I suggest withdrawing this nomination, though? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:04, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
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