Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Heather Erxleben

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The result was no consensus, defaulting to keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 23:22, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Heather Erxleben

Notability not proven. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael Dorosh (talk • contribs) 05:25, 25 August 2006

• Keep. Her claim to notability is being the first female Canadian infantry solider. TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 05:37, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep - I tried to expand this article once, but found absolutely nothing else about her except that she used to be either a truck driver or lumberjack, depending on the source I was looking at.--Nobunaga24 05:44, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete has some claim to fame, but it's pretty rediculous if her notability rests on her being the first woman soldier in CAF and nothing else. WP:V per above, too. (|-- UlTiMuS 05:56, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete while her claim to fame is unique, perhaps it is best included as a blurb in the Canadian Army article? She isn't as notable as say Rosa Parks, Jackie Robinson, or Alan Shepard, John Glenn, or Neil Armstrong and I don't recall an article on the first Female US Navy Combat Pilot, or first Female US Navy sailor. --Brian ^{(How am I doing?)} 06:05, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Bschott ST47 12:45, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per my original nomination - I agree she is notable, but since there is no information about her in the public record, she merits a mention in the history articles but not her own article.Michael Dorosh 13:32, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete and mention in History of the Canadian Army, for the fact that it would be absurdly difficult to find any information on her, and that her only claim to notability is being the first woman in the infantry. If there was a court case or massive controvery surrounding it, she could have her own article, but from the discussion and what I've found, it doesn't look like that's the case. --Wafulz 15:38, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep per TruthbringerToronto. I found a few things about her and added them. Also, Erxleben being the first female Canadian infantry solider is as notable as Nichola Goddard being the first female Canadian solider killed in a combat situation. Not every "first" is a Neil Armstrong, some are a Helen Sharman. There should be an article on the first female US Navy Combat Pilot, along with other nationalities. The closest I could find was Kendra Williams, First American female pilot in combat (Iraq in 1988), a Notable alumni of the Singapore American School. The List of famous women in history makes for good reading.--EarthPerson 04:38, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• Srong Keep per EarthPerson. The Helen Sharman parallel is very fitting. Heather broke the gender barrier in the Canadian infantry which makes it intrinsically tied to the notability of Nichola Goddard. Agne 15:29, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per EarthPerson --Rob 17:14, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete It's a stretch to call this person famous or even to compare her to Helen Sharman. Sharman is notable because she was an astronaut, not for being a chemist. I point out that there is no article for Kendra Williams. Suttungr 16:35, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge to Canadian Forces - I don't think she really requires her own article at this point. Tony Fox (arf!) 16:36, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep per EarthPerson. 4 references - minor references in each case, but she's sought out by reporters to get a quote, that's worth something. AnonEMouse ^(squeak) 17:26, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep Not every breaking of a gender barrier is necessarily notable, but I would think this one is enough to merit an article. If it is to be deleted, at the very least the article should be merged into History of the Canadian Army. Agent 86 18:06, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

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