Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dieter Goels

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The result of the debate was delete (sent to BJAODN :-)). Mindspillage (spill yours?) 22:28, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

Dieter Goels

What can I say to an article that claims:

Born is Dunkles Holz, Goels’ early life was spent in the bucolic environs of his father’s successful fish ranch. A promising athlete as a youngster, Goels trained seriously at Das Institut der Beiläufigen Athletik in Kleve. His sporting career ended abruptly when Goels was badly injured in a freak trampoline accident that left him with a slight limp and a pronounced lisp.

Or:

Goels’ most famous work Dank für die Probe Bitte – a sixteen panel work depicting the Board of Directors of Belgian chocolatier Sucrerie Chère – was a cause célébre at the 2001 Kowloon Biennial when one of the subjects of the work insisted his portrait be removed because it made him “look fat.” Schlammklappe is typical of Goels’ work in series, reflecting his tendency to make large numbers of discrete images on a given theme which, collectively, make up a single work. Goels’ willingness to allow a given work to comprise, in a particular context, all or part of a series has been seen as a radical attempt to destabilize the unity of the art object and to challenge the authority of the artist. Others have seen the practice as the product of lazy or sloppy execution.

Very well done joke entry that should be archived somewhere, but not in the main namespace.

There are several related articles from the same user:

• New Situationist Movement
• Otto Jungt
• Image:GegenAlleVorteile.jpg

I've stamped a VfD on all of them, linking back to this entry on VfD. --Diderot 10:06, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

Missed one: Dirk Endlos This too is a joke entry from the same contributor. --Diderot 12:42, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

• Archive as jokes and Delete. I believe Diderot is correct. DoubleBlue (Talk) 15:02, 14 May 2005 (UTC)
• BJAODN. ✏ OvenFresh² 16:01, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

Humorless bastards. Speaking of jokes, where does one get off calling oneself 'Diderot?" --Tsheeder 13:12, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

• BJAODN. Megan1967 03:53, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
• BJAODN. →Iñgōlemo← ^talk 03:26, 2005 May 19 (UTC)

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