Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lucy Blackman

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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.

Result was Keep. - Caknuck 03:46, 1 May 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Lucy Blackman

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Near-orphan article on an author of one book. Has been tagged as orphan since Nov 06 and unreferenced since Jan 07. I took the editorial decision to redirect to the currently-in-the-news Lucie Blackman; this was reverted. I am now presenting the article here for community consideration. --kingboyk 12:52, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Comment: I was the reverter. I think the article should be given a fair chance rather than summarily zapped just because its title happens to resemble the name of a better-known (though differently-spelled) person. It may be a bit neglected certainly but it looks like a perfectly valid article to me. So the grounds would be, what, "non-notable"? That doesn't seem at all obvious to me. I don't know much about autism but think it possible this author is fairly influential in the field of Facilitated communication. Many important books are written by someone who has not written anything else, that shouldn't be a problem. Would it be so terrible for people to find their way to Lucie Blackman via the disambig link? Flapdragon 14:03, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
No, of course it wouldn't, but that's not the issue. The issue is, is this lady notable and are there independent reliable sources to verify this? --kingboyk 14:29, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
Comment: I see one of the links to this article has quietly disappeared with your zapping of the article on Sue Rubin -- before this AFD has even been decided. Again with the death-by-redirection? What's wrong with a merge tag or at least AFD? Flapdragon 11:54, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Comment: BTW, I just restored the Sue Rubin article with a reference to establish notability beyond Autism Is A World.[1]. cheers, Jim Butler(talk) 03:23, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep on the basis of what I have just added: review of her book, her authorship of chapter in scholarly book, with 2 reviews, her presentation at a scientific conference, some more info for the bio, and a good quote. I could have added as external references: about 20 items from less formal newsletters and high-quality blogs, and places on reading lists. from essentially every autism and disability-rghts organizations. Take a look now. (Source for all this--just Google). N, V, RSs DGG 06:49, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per DGG. Q0 13:11, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per DGG. Not even a close call now that refs have been added. --Jim Butler(talk) 02:46, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - She sounds like a notable person, assuming that the content is accurate. A disambiguation link to the murdered Lucie Blackman might be useful. Peterkingiron 00:39, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
    • There is one. Flapdragon 01:38, 30 April 2007 (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.