Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ann Bidwell

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The result of the debate was keep.  Grue  20:53, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ann Bidwell

Ann Being the former Wife of someone notable does not make her notable Delete but i may accept a Merge to John Bidwell --Aranda56 02:56, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

• Most of it is already merged to John Bidwell Just Delete Plainly --Aranda56 03:09, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

• I'm going to add more like this: [1]-- Unsigned Comment by 132.241.245.49, the author of the article --Aranda56 22:03, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

• Keep the article, but some of the content may be a copyright violation; see the article's talk page, and the remaining text requires some copy editing. I think we should keep an article on this woman, because, although I had never heard of her before coming across this Afd, I found:

• 190 Google hits on "Annie Ellicott Kennedy Bidwell"

(OK, this is actually not a very high amount :P, because many of them are near duplicates, but the info about her on the few distinctive sites does give evidence of notability, and she is a historical figure, not a contemporary, also searching on other variations such as "Ann Bidwell" results in different hits. LiniShu 06:24, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

• Her name is still known 80+ years after her death.
• There is a biography written about her [2]
• She seems to have been a somewhat prominent social figure in California in her time.
• She seems to have been known for being a civic leader, philanthropist, suffragist, and temperance reformer, in addition to being the wife of John Bidwell -- LiniShu 05:40, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Comments: She is extremely well-known locally in the Chico, California area, but I don't know how local notoriety applies to notability. If the article is kept, it should be moved to Annie Bidwell, which is the name she is known as. User:Zoe|^(talk) 05:42, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

I concur with Zoe's suggestion to rename if the article is kept -- LiniShu 06:34, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

Update: I have reworded and expanded the text that was a potential copyright violation. -- LiniShu 06:18, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

• hmm. Looks good as is; keep as Annie Bidwell. DS 14:53, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

• Keep This woman accomplished things during her lifetime. To sluff this article off into her husbands really negates her contributions and suggests that she was no-one save for the fact she was "just" some guys wife.. Stu 12:49, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

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