Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mary Welsh Hemingway

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 of the debate was kept per WP:IAR. No sense wasting more bandwidth on this well-intentioned but unnecessary AfD. This does *not* imply anything about the nominator, only that the subject is notable and no more time need be spent here. FCYTravis 08:55, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mary Welsh Hemingway

bio, notable only for being Ernest Hemingway's wife. Eligible for merge but recommend delete. Stifle 12:00, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. The subject had a career as a national journalist, wrote an autobiography regarding her life with Hemingway and was maried to Hemingway. I would argue these points make her notable enough. If we delete articles like this, which are created by new users, what message are we sending to those users? Your contribution is not welcome? Steve block talk 12:07, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Agree with Steve Block, I can imagine readers being interested in the wife of Ernest Hemingway during his bouts of depression and suicide. Sjakkalle (Check!) 12:19, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
• This is a speedy keep. She covered the war for the Daily Express and Time, well before she married Hemingway. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 12:52, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

  This is not a speedy keep. Speedy keeps only happen either if the nomination is vandalism or is an attempt to disrupt Wikipedia to make a point, or if the nominator withdraws and the only votes have been to keep. You may wish to vote "strong keep" instead. Stifle 15:02, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

  Or you could withdraw your nom. Steve block talk 18:47, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

  This doesn't appear to be a bad faith nomination. A speedy keep implies that the nominator is a vandal, newbie or just plain stupid. -- Kjkolb 06:36, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

  Or just jawdroppingly wrong. It happens - David Gerard 13:52, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

  Perhaps, but "speedy keep" is a loaded term and should not be used lightly. -- Kjkolb 18:27, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

• Speedy keeps happen, as far as I'm concerned, when a grossly inappropriate nomination is made. I know this wasn't an attempt to disrupt wikipedia, but the chance of it prevailing are zero. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 04:05, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. As well as being married to Hemingway, she was a notable journalist and wrote an autobiography of her life. Capitalistroadster 17:26, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Notable in her own right as reasoned above. - Mgm|^(talk) 00:21, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. -- JJay 03:59, 10 December 2005 (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.