Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Florence Cohen

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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 redirect to David Cohen. Absence of sourcing leaves little alternative for now. Moreschi If you've written a quality article... 19:51, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Florence Cohen

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non notable biography RedShiftPA (talk) 01:02, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep Needs citations, but claims to be union leader (female) in the Rural Electrification Administration from 1936 to 1943, which makes her notable. She may be more known for her husband, but her own contributions make her notable on her own as well. Pharmboy (talk) 01:03, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
  • There's a tiny bit of useful and notable info in each article. Merge and Redirect Mark B. Cohen, Florence Cohen, and David Cohen into Cohen Family (Philidelphia). --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 02:01, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak Delete and Merge limited FACTS into the David Cohen page. The potential exists that she could be notable, but being a union administrator and the wife of a notable person doesn't quite do it. Montco (talk) 02:17, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
  • KeepHow many public sector union leaders from the 1930's are still around today? How many 90 year olds still hold leadership positions of any kind today? There cannot be very many in any category, and an encyclopedia with over 2 million entries (likely over 3 million entries in the not too distant future) certainly has room for her. User:Zulitz, 11:14, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
    • Being a public sector union leader doesn't necessarily make one notable, nor does living a long time.Montco (talk) 04:37, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment User:Zulitz wrote and did much of the editing for this article --RedShiftPA (talk) 07:16, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge with article about husband David Cohen. Info about being president of retirement home is not noteworthy . This article isn't clear that David is husband. --RedShiftPA (talk) 04:48, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per WP:BIO. I just don't see any claim to notability in this article. Being the secretary of a union local isn't the kind of union leadership that gets a person an entry in an encyclopedia. Also, the article has zero sources. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:29, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Political activists don't necessarily tick the boxes for exalted positions that would confer a prima facie presumption of notability, but she's plainly a notable one: don't say "the article has no sources": if it bothers you, find some sources and put them in. There's press coverage (e.g. here) and her papers as an activist for integrated schools and neighbourhoods (1959-1980) are catalogued in a university collection - surely a sign of historical notability. It is delightful to read suggestions that "an early member of the Philadelphia chapter of the National Organization of Women and the Philadelphia Chapter of the Women's Political Caucus" should become a footnote in the article on her husband (and also that RedShiftPA should be proposing merging her article to his, at the same time as putting his up for deletion). --Paularblaster (talk) 15:43, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep I'm going to make it a point to read up on her, provided the airbrushing of history doesn't beat me to it. Mykej (talk) 18:10, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete without prejudice; fails WP:BLP due to lack of reliable third party sources. If this matter can be resolved then I agree the subject itself warrants an eventual article. (jarbarf) (talk) 06:05, 23 December 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.