Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mary Tillotson

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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 Keep, someone clean up though, please. NawlinWiki 00:15, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mary Tillotson

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Article about a reporter. No assertion of notability. In fact, most of this article does not even purport to be about her, but rather a single event she was involved in. A person is not notable because of a single news event. No sources provided. Fails WP:BIO. Valrith 12:26, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete I have not read WP:BLP1E, but I suspect it was written with exactly this kind of article in mind. The event was not notable, and I don't think the reporter is otherwise notable either. Shalom Hello 13:44, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per WP:BIO. I don't think we need to invoke WP:BLP since she clearly fails WP:BIO anyway. It's not that I don't believe that WP:BLP1E would apply but WP:BIO is far less controversial so it's easier to reach consensus that way. MartinDK 15:06, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep as a White House correspondent for a major news organization. The article as written focuses entirely on one incident, however, posing an undue weight issue. --Groggy Dice T | C 19:52, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, Tillotson was the permanent host of CNN & Co. for several years (1993ish-1999). Notable enough for an SNL parody. Undue weight problems can be addressed. --Dhartung | Talk 06:39, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - CNN host and White House press pool reporter=notable broadcast journalist. As above, article focuses too much on one incident.--Oakshade 16:12, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment I have added a proper capsule bio, and moved the 1992 incident into its own section. I'm still looking for reliable sources that aren't paywalled to write a simpler version (I suspect this one is a copyvio anyway, but I haven't found the source). --Dhartung | Talk 08:01, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Said with clenched teeth. I do believe that Ms. Tillotson does meet the conditions to be included in Wikipedia. However, the article is so badly written that it should be deleted on principal, until a complete rewrite is performed. ShoesssS Talk 13:00, 13 July 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.