Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/B. Smith


 * 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. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:09, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

B. Smith

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The article was created by a single purpose account as an apparent fluff piece. The article has been tagged as reading like a press release for over two years with no attempt at repairing the issue. Beyond that it is unreferenced and its most recent update made it even worse as it now reads like a bio written by her publicist. Jeremy (blah blah) 07:48, 11 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Clearly she's notable just through in-depth coverage in newspapers, do a Google news search for ("barbara smith" + "b smith"). The problem is one of tone and verifying the information.  What it needs is sourcing and stripping out of unsourced PR babble. Drawn Some (talk) 12:36, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Needs better sources, but if the article is true, she'd be more than notable. Niteshift36 (talk) 16:26, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. The promotional aspects of this article have already been significantly toned down since this AfD started. Sources are clearly available, and I will try to improve the article in the near future. But not wanting to have an article about B. Smith would be similar to not wanting to have an article about, say, Paula Deen. Smith is clearly notable. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 02:41, 12 June 2009 (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.