Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eloise Hughes Smith

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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 keep. -- Black Falcon (Talk) 03:55, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Eloise Hughes Smith

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Non-notable survior of the Titanic, prod removed a while back saying that all survivors are notable. I'm not convinced this article meets WP:BIO Delete Jaranda wat's sup 19:53, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete. She got in the papers for marrying the guy who helped her into a boat, and then later for divorcing him, but that's not notability. --Dhartung | Talk 21:28, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom -- FamedDeletionist 21:46, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional characters-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 23:09, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, NN. Videmus Omnia 03:35, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Neutral. Virtually every Titanic survivor (other than steerage survivors) has significant non-trivial coverage dating back to 1912, but generally long-term notability has escaped most of the survivors. Mrs. Lucien P. Smith, as she is better known, may have long-term notability, though, as her writings about the disaster have been quoted extensively in many of the documentaries about the ship, such as the brilliant Titanic: Death of a Dream and the less successful Titanic: Anatomy of the Disaster. I'm not certain either way. I'm wondering if a specialized Titanic wiki is a good idea for these details. --Charlene 04:13, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
  • comment Could you add that information about her writings--it might be enough to show her notable.DGG 09:04, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
    • I'll do it. --Charlene 13:58, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
    • I'm also adding an article on her father, who is blatantly notable having been a member of the US House of Representatives for 14 years! --Charlene 14:11, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
She can always be merged to the article of her father, if that is done, I will closed the AFD early. Thanks Jaranda wat's sup 19:40, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep As I saw many references to her added after the article was nominated for deletion. She doesn't seem to be non-notable. I can't contribute to the article but please don't delete it immediately. Maybe people who know the subject better can add more information. -- Magioladitis 12:00, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep If solely being a Titanic passenger is not enough, as mentioned above, she gave accounts about the disaster that are quoted in Titanic documentaries, and on that matter, if she's notable enough to have someone portraying her in a documentary about the ship, I think that does make her a pretty notable person. We don't need articles for EVERY survivor/victim portrayed, but we have one here, and she has contributed valuable information about the sinking. Morhange 16:21, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep as per Morhange. Edward321 22:41, 8 July 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.