Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aina Erlander

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep but sources are required. (aeropagitica) 20:40, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Aina Erlander

Article about a person who has no notability outside of who she married. Fails WP:BIO. Valrith 11:57, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: As the wife of a prime minister who served for 23 years, she was a well-known, public figure. Category:Spouses of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom seems to supply some precedence for this type of article. up+land 12:31, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Uppland. MER-C 13:23, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. If she was that much of a well-known public figure, more than 133 people would be talking about her. I don't know much about the swedish press, but I don't think that many of those hits are from independant verifiable news sources. Ultra-Loser ^{Talk | BT sites} 07:24, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. As a Swede, she's notable enough for the original article in Swedish Wikipedia [1]. --Mereda 10:46, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Which is also entirely unsourced. There can't be any notability without verifiability via reliable sources. Valrith 20:12, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
    • Fair comment. But there are reliable sources to verify her existence as a PM's spouse, including a photo at [2], so there are two questions. Is being a famous spouse sufficient? In this case, I think so (per Uppland's comment and the indicative fact that the Swedes haven't nominated the article for deletion) - let's see if there's a consensus view on that. Separately, does her chairmanship of a national organisation [3] meet WP:BIO? I'll try asking someone who reads Swedish to have a quick look. Mereda 08:03, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, per Uppland. In addition she seems to have been active in a number of relatively high-profile posts. There isn't that much about her on the internet, but that is true of many notable persons who lived before the WWW became popular. The article does need sources, but many articles need sources; there is no special reason to think the information in this one is false, and so a "references needed" tag is more appropriate than an "afd" tag. Thue | talk 08:28, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, agree with Uppland. Mereda, I can't find Aina E at your "Unga Örnar" link, but I would hardly expect to, as Unga Örnar is a youth organisation and the site is aimed at young people and children. The 1957–1966 chair wouldn't be a hot topic in that context. A Swedish Google search finds 173 pages, some mere blogs of course, but many in fact independant verifiable news sources. From the first Google page, these two are archive bios from highly respectable daily newpapers: Dala-Demokraten, Sundsvalls Tidning. Bishonen | talk 12:21, 3 October 2006 (UTC).

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.