Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gloria Carter Spann

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The result of the debate was keep. - Sikon 10:52, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Gloria Carter Spann

Sister of Jimmy Carter. Not notable in her own right. TheCoffee 00:50, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

• Weak keep. Immediate family of a U.S. President is borderline notability it its own right. Pburka 01:01, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, we keep first ladies, I mean all they did was be married to the president, no? Not to mention we keep the Kennedy and Bush political families... Redwolf24 01:34, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Revolución 02:34, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete: Family of presidents are not necessarily candidates for biographies. Let's see what's in this one. Hmmm, avoided getting in the news. Let's see...used to be a Hell's Angel? Really? You'd think someone would have said something about that during his presidency. Interesting that they didn't, isn't it? Had big parties for Hell's Angels? Wow. Another case of the press being too stupid to do a hatchet job, I guess. No citations, no verification? Isn't that fascinating? No indication that there is anything worth a bio, here. Geogre 03:44, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
• Weak keep. Seems to be borderline, but I think she's notable enough for inclusion. — Bcat (talk | email) 03:54, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, per Redwolf24. -- BD2412 ^talk 04:08, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, I learned that everybody in the Carter family (maybe not everybody but a lot of people) have died from pancreatic cancer. Thus, may we speculate President Carter will die from pancreatic cancer. Very encyclopedic. 24.1.97.187 04:23, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, direct family of (former) world leaders are either all notable enough or they should all be on a collective page. Lomedae 12:07, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, immediate family of Presidents have a very easy time becoming famous, but it doesn't automatically happen. Dcarrano 18:10, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Notable enough to warrant inclusion, however could be expanded.--Irishpunktom\^talk 19:15, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. Notable enough. JamesBurns 03:35, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Presidential families are notable and encyclopedic, pretty much by definition. Microtonal ^{(Put your head on my shoulder)} 03:39, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Not notable. First ladys are inherently notable not only because of their relation to the President, but for other initiatives. Virtually every first lady has been in the spotlight, for fundraising, socializing, or their own career. Not so with sisters who "shunned the spotlight". --Scimitar ^parley 16:12, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, Mrs. Spann was very much active in both campaign/elections for her brother, making numerous phone calls and mailings that she should be noted. Spann was also noted for her high standards of religion as was the standard of many other members of the Carter family. She also was a leading biker-girl for Harley Davidson riders and easily climbed the ranks long before her brother became president of the United States, so in a way, she actually was a popular person years before her brother was involved in public office. I think the article on Mrs. Spann should definitely be kept. I also noticed that much of the information in the article came from Carter's An Hour Before Daylight, which should be incorporated in a citation. Being the last sibling of the former president is also notable enough. There was an incident back in 1978 when Gloria was arrested for playing a harmonica in a cafe down in Plains, Ga, while brother Billy was having is own problems at or around the same time. Although it is said that Gloria Carter Spann shunned the spotlight, she was in a way actually forced to be in the spotlight. 11:29, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, notable within her own right, not borderline at all. Hall Monitor 18:44, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

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