Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laurie Nelson

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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 delete. --jonny-mt 13:33, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Laurie Nelson

Laurie Nelson (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Non-notable person and personal essay possibly written by the person itself. BoL (Talk) 03:36, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Speedy delete as nom and per CSD A7 BoL (Talk) 03:37, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete per notability. How can you make and advertisement about a person?  Marlith (Talk)  03:40, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment Right, but still deserves to be A7'd. BoL (Talk) 03:43, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment No, it makes clear assertions of notability, regardless of whether we believe them. --Dhartung | Talk 04:10, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment. Other editors may have missed the claim which if verified would pass WP:BAND: "...in her family's musical group "Those Nelson Kids" as they toured the U.S. during the summers of 1972 and 1973." If she toured nationally, no matter how long ago, she's notable. --Eastmain (talk) 03:48, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
    • Reply. What if the article was written by the person herself? That would be a COI breach and would need a massive rewrite. I apologize if I crossed into WP:IDONTKNOWABOUTIT or something. BoL (Talk) 03:51, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment No, that's an assertion of notability for Those Nelson Kids, not for the person Laurie Nelson. --Dhartung | Talk 04:10, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. —Eastmain (talk) 03:48, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep. Seems like she might be notable, but it needs better sourcing to back up most of these claims. (e.g.: which awards did she win? Has she received any significant coverage from independent sources?) Terraxos (talk) 04:02, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. Many stabs at notability, none really adding up to anything. Jobbing entertainer, never a marquee act. --Dhartung | Talk 04:10, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. A quick look through Google hits revealed very little in the way of secondary sources. I would have to say this fails WP:BIO. —BradV 04:34, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete Fails WP:BIO It's just a puff piece.Alchemy12 (talk) 08:11, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment. The beauty pageant claims are also an argument for notability. A beauty pageant winner becomes a local celebrity for a year, with multiple public appearances, not just at the pageant itself. Bear in mind that the subject's beauty pageant days were well before Google started up, and the shortage of hits makes sense. YouTube is evidence that something was televised, even though it isn't normally considered a reliable source. --Eastmain (talk) 17:07, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. Wikipedia is not a scrapbook. The list of issues atop the article is quite impressive, too. Even if she were notable enough for an article, this would need to be scraped clean and started anew.B.Wind (talk) 03:16, 8 April 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.