Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Janice N. Wittschiebe

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The result was - DeleteChrislk02 Chris Kreider 20:47, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Janice N. Wittschiebe

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Appears to fail WP:Notability. I speedied this a while back then withdrew. On a second look, although the subject of the article is the "first female President of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association, and was a member of the Georgia Tech Foundation Board," I'm not sure that either of these organizations positions convey enough notability in themselves to allow Janice Wittschiebe to qualify for the "first xxx person" clause in WP:Notability Pgagnon999 (talk) 20:02, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

  • Keep. IMO, both the Alumni Association and the Foundation are notable organizations (and therefore leading them contributes nontrivial notability); the former was established in the 1910s and plays a huge role on and off campus, and the latter manages hundreds of millions of dollars. Also, as far as I can tell, she's the "principal" of a local architecture firm. I'd compare that to being the CEO of a small to medium-sized company. I'll agree that this is isn't a clear-cut case of notability, though. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 22:21, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
    • Comment Hmmm. . .are alumni associations and school foundations notable independently of the schools they belong to? I don't think so, although I may have overlooked a section in WP:N that indicates otherwise. Also, it's not clear that the architecture firm she is associated with is notable; as you have said, it is a "local" architecture firm. --Pgagnon999 (talk) 22:28, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
    • And by the way, I'm the primary editor of the article. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 14:47, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete, no indicators of notability attributable to independent sources. --Dhartung | Talk 22:56, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete Neither position is the least notable. Being the president the university would be, but not of the Alumni Association DGG (talk) 01:29, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Daniel (talk) 03:54, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. No coverage in independant sources. --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 05:07, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete Needs more references. Gary King (talk) 09:50, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete: "Sources" are not important. The problem is that this is not a biography, and yet it wants to be one. It is also not one to offer a rationale for the importance of the person. If the firm is significant, then the firm will say, "Led by Janice Wittschiebe," and that's that. You do NOT offer up a biography and just say, "Heads company X." That's an accomplishment, not a life. Utgard Loki (talk) 16:56, 17 February 2008 (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.