Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Antoinette Fox

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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 delete. –Llama man 01:03, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Antoinette Fox

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This person appears to have been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia, "for service to the community through the Guilford Young Grove Retirement Village" [1]. Does being a recipient of such an award make one eligible for inclusion? The article looks to be a complete cut and paste from the external link above, so may fall foul of the policy on Copyright violations. -- Longhair\talk 23:10, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete According to that site, "thousands" have received this honor. Nothing she has done seems notable in its own right, and unless this honor is much more prestigious than it seems, this should definitely go. -Elmer Clark 23:53, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. I think that it is legitimate to reproduce the full text of a citation for an award of this kind, particularly when the citation is so short. I cleaned the article up a bit. I think that being a recipient of this medal is enough to make someone notable, although I wasn't able to find any other independent references to her. --Eastmain 23:57, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. I can't find any evidence that this person has been written about by multiple nontrivial sources. -FisherQueen (Talk) 00:06, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment. I think that being the recipient of a government honour like this one should automatically confer notability, in the same way that being elected to a national or state legislature does. --Eastmain 00:17, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. I am sure that she is a worthwhile person who has made a valuable contribution to the her local community. However, I doubt that there are verifiable sources indicating a wider level of notability. For the record, I have an aunt and uncle who have received these awards for contributions to their local community but neither would meet WP:BIO. Capitalistroadster 01:37, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, the Medal alone cannot confer notability (15000 recipients to date). Being in one of the higher levels of the order (Companion, Officer, Member) is more notable, but then you have to be more notable to get there anyway. --Dhartung | Talk 04:39, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete --Peta 23:06, 15 February 2007 (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.