Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brenda Biesterfeld (2nd nomination)


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 01:36, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Brenda Biesterfeld
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2nd nom, previous no-consensus was almost five months ago when her case was more recent. There's no question she made the news when she was fired, however I think this is a case of WP:NOTNEWS and WP:ONEEVENT in that she was not notable outside of this. She was given an award by a red-linked org and someone stating that the case has significant national implications, doesn't actually mean it does -- especially since that party was not neutral relating to the issue. I find no evidence of continuining significance. Filtering out false positives, it doesn't appear that the case of the man who she reported has gained any significant notoriety so I don't see that creating an article for the incident would solve anything and make this a merge. The man doesn't currently have an article and it appears he hasn't been convicted so there'd be BLP issues with that any way. Thoughts? TravellingCari 12:43, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
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 * Delete per WP:NOTNEWS. Person does not appear notable outside this one event. Event itself does not appear to be notable in the encyclopedic sense.--Boffob (talk) 12:58, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
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 * Delete or Rename/Rewrite I think there is enough reliably sourced information to write at least an acceptable stub about the event itself but the article should not be focussed around the particular individual per WP:NOT ("Unless news coverage of an individual goes beyond the context of a single event, our coverage of that individual should be limited to the article about that event") and WP:BLP1E ("If reliable sources only cover the person in the context of a particular event, then a separate biography is unlikely to be warranted"). Considering the amount of coverage the event received it seems possible it will be referred back to should a similar event occur in the future and a verfiable, neutral encyclopaedia article (which I think would be possible to write from the available sources) would be of use to those wanting to research the event further. Guest9999 (talk) 12:47, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep notable test case in ethics, and I don't think we've come anywhere towards hearing the last of it. DGG (talk) 03:01, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Question really? It appears to have dropped off the face of the earth. I think there was talk that it could be big but I haven't seen (and I may be wrong, of course) any evidence that it was more than a flash in the pan. It doesn't even seem to have had extended notability among the interested parties. TravellingCari  03:12, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:BLP1E and WP:NOTNEWS. I concur also with TravellingCari's point to DGG. Stifle (talk) 08:13, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I suppose this may be OR, but I'm certainly going to use it next time I teach the introductory librarianship course. And for the extent of coverage . DGG (talk) 15:54, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * All due respect, David, I can't find anything more recent than April, a month after the event. That said, I agree it's excellent course material TravellingCari  22:21, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * keep. The "one event" argument is dubious. As an extreme case, we do have articles about heroes whose notability is a single event, the rest is just mundane bio. I am not comparing Brenda with, say, Paul Revere, but she indeed received an award and other recognition. Laudak (talk) 23:15, 21 October 2008 (UTC)


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