Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maria Whittaker

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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 of the debate was keep. Robert T | @ | C 02:03, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Maria Whittaker

I actually just about remember this woman (God help me) but I feel she falls well short of either WP:BIO or WP:MUSIC since her recording career was pretty much stillborn and her "modelling" career consisted solely of displaying her charms in a tabloid newspaper. Perhaps there might be a merge possible to an article on Page 3 girls, but as a stand-alone entry this is scraping the barrel. - Just zis Guy, you know? [T]/[C] :: AfD? 11:06, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Keep a borderline case, but she did just about have a significant profile. I would not regard every page 3 model as inherently notable, but I remember she was one of the best known during the 1980s when page 3 (and controversy around it) was at its most prominent. PatGallacher 11:18, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Hence my suggestion that the ones who were tolerably well known be merged into Page Three girl or a new article on Page Three girls; there are a few who achieved minor celebrity as part of Page 3 but failed to establish any outside of that context. - Just zis Guy, you know? [T]/[C] :: AfD? 11:55, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Dottore So 11:37, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep I've heard of her and I've never bought the "tabloid newspaper" in question in my life, though it happens to be the best selling English language newspaper in the world. Some Page 3 models are very famous in the UK. If we keep minor American porn stars, who have no mainstream fame, we should certainly keep this. CalJW 13:46, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Ah, the old "some cruft means all cruft" argument :-) I think the minor porn "stars" shoudl go too, FWIW. - Just zis  Guy, you know? [T]/[C] :: AfD? 17:25, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep: notable model. May not be known that much outside the UK, but Wikipedia shouldn't regionalize. 23skidoo 17:53, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep One of the better-known Page 3 girls. --StoatBringer 15:27, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Hear, hear. President Lethe 21:52, 15 November 2005 (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.