Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ruth Cameron (3rd nomination)

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 del `'mikka 02:33, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ruth Cameron

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Delete: Does not satisfy notability guidelines in WP:BIO. A number of commendable extra-curricular activities while a student and co-ordinating an NGO do not merit an article. Neither does her political career (as a student politician) - see the criteria for politicians in WP:BIO.

• Delete per WP:BIO. Purgatory Fubar ^Converse or Snafu 19:45, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. The most notable thing she's done is been elected President of Edinburgh University's Students' Association. However, so have many other people, and we don't have articles about them, unless they're notable for some other reason. She doesn't meet the requirements of WP:BIO. Terraxos 20:02, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
• Weak keep. The first notability criterion at WP:BIO is: "The person has been the subject of published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent, and independent of the subject." She does seem to meet this, albeit narrowly; for example, her opposition to Boris Johnson was covered by UK national media. The other WP:BIO criteria (for politicians, etc.) are inclusionary rather than exclusionary. EALacey 21:45, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Ashok Sinha, the leader of Stop Climate Chaos doesn't warrant an article; the leader of a regional sub-group certainly doesn't. It's hardly Greenpeace — iridescenti (talk to me!) 22:02, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment: The other former presidents of Edinburgh University Students' Association don't have articles either; neither do all candidates in the recent Scottish elections. TreveX^talk 17:37, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete I did a bit of work on this article a few weeks ago, I had notability concerns then, and I still do now. As the president of the Edinburgh University student association, Ms. Cameron's name has appeared occasionally in the local press. However she has definitely not been the subject of multiple independent reliable sources. We can't build an article on an individual based on a few one-sentence quotes, and the inclusion of the photograph screams WP:COI. -- IslaySolomon | talk 16:08, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Edinburgh University is an institution of 30,000 people and Stop Climate Chaos has many million members, she is well known in Scotland and therefore warrants this page. Fair enough the photo can go. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dave Bellamy (talk • contribs) 19:01, 13 May 2007 (UTC).

Comment Dave Bellamy was the editor who uploaded the picture & added it to the article — iridescenti (talk to me!) 20:13, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

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