Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Achilleos

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A sci-fi illustrator who has had some success but by no means enough notice to meet WP:GNG or WP:ARTIST. Largely unverifiable too. Sionk (talk) 01:54, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

• Keep This is the guy who produced the cover art for about thirty (out of 150+) Target novelisations of Doctor Who, including the earliest twelve of these (published 1973-75). Don't know what you mean by "unverifiable" - his signature (usually as "-ACHILLEOS-") appears in the artwork, sometimes disguised as part of the design; but you can see it in e.g. :File:Doctor Who and the Dæmons.jpg (published 1974), in the white area bottom centre, curving round the orange area to the right of the green cloud. Later he adopted a simple letter A in a circle, as seen in the lower left corner of :File:Doctor Who and the Ark in Space.jpg (published 1977). --Redrose64 (talk) 10:52, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

::Illustrators illustrate things as part of their job. That's not proof of notability in itself. Sionk (talk) 11:50, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

• Keep for now. He's often referred to by other professionals in the field and is very well known in the field of fantasy and to a lesser extent, science fiction art. For an artist in this line of work, he is also well published, with a number of collections over the years. The challenge for me is the lack of secondary sources in the article as it stands, and it might need a bit of digging in the specialist press to provide those sorts of references. Hchc2009 (talk) 14:54, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

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• Weak Keep (for now). The lack of secondary sources is disappointing, especially considering that [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OCd_8lwvycYC&pg=PA286&dq=%22chris+achilleos%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=w7WbUur5NOiO7QbLioGYCg&ved=0CFUQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22chris%20achilleos%22&f=false this] credits the subject as a "world-renowned illustrator" whose career has "spanned over three decades", and praises his work as "spectacular". Such claims lead me to doubt that the subject is hopelessly non-notable. It's clear, however, that the article in its current state requires a great deal of work. SuperMarioMan 22:31, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

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