Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cheryl Overs


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The result was   keep. J04n(talk page) 12:08, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

Cheryl Overs

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Non-notable individual lacking GHits and GNEWS of substance. Fails WP:BIO. red dog six (talk) 21:55, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
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 * Weak keep. I think the case is stronger for her as an organizer on behalf of prostitutes (via WP:GNG) than as an academic (WP:PROF). Google news has hits from newspapers all over the world citing her as an expert on this subject, but unfortunately I did not find much in-depth coverage of her there. The picture over at Google books looks similar: lots of hits quoting her as an expert, few with nontrivial detail about her. But I did find this article in The Nation which has two paragraphs about her. This story in the Ethiopian Reporter has four short paragraphs about her. We also have some lower-quality sources such as this bio as a plenary speaker at a conference and her Monash reseearcher profile that may be sufficiently independent to be usable. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:35, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep: Overs seems to be an important figure in the world of sex work and HIV/AIDS advocacy. Her role is reflected in articles linked by David Eppstein above as well as others. This search of the Google News archive suggests that she's been a factor on this scene since at least 1987. This article describes her as an expert in the field. I would hope to see some of these articles incorporated into the Wikipedia page soon, as it needs more inline citations. groupuscule (talk) 03:22, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
 * It would help if the deletion rationale could be written in English, a language in which "GHits" and "GNEWS" are not words. Phil Bridger (talk) 20:49, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - Notable for sex worker advocacy. --Lquilter (talk) 01:08, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
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