Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lucille Nixon

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The result was keep. John254 00:47, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lucille Nixon

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It seems that this person was covered by secondary sources only in the context of one event, namely the "poem contest" she won in Japan. Also, it is questionable whether this constitutes a "notable award". So, in short, she seems to fail WP:BIO. -- Sent here as part of the Notability wikiproject. --B. Wolterding 18:44, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. This might be a little bit of an unusual way of establishing notability, but she's had a school named after her. Additionally, there appears to be a review of one of her books here (J Am Acad Relig.1961; XXIX: 88-90). JulesH 19:27, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
• I'd err on the side of Keep. She was the first foreigner to be honored at the Utakai Hajime, a poetry-reading ceremony which has been held since 1267 (or earlier). She's received at least a minimal amount of attention in scholarly works, and her book Young Ranchers at Oak Valley was favorably reviewed by several publications. Zagalejo 20:26, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
• Note that she appeared on the front page of the New York Times in 1957. I've cited that write-up in our article. Zagalejo 21:09, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep, winner of an international award of many centuries standing would seem to establish notability unquestionably. Nominator's derisive tone indicates either ignorance or wilful systemic bias. --Dhartung | Talk 20:39, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep really quite obviously notable. Being a foreign poet who the Japanese emperor praises seems rather extraordinary. Bigdaddy1981
• Keep per the award and other books, but having a school named after you --especially after a career as a school administrator--is not really by itself enough for notability.DGG (talk) 05:48, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - appears to be notable with the clean-up done. Good save! --Haemo 06:45, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Plenty of evidence for notability.--Bedivere 21:03, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

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