Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Claudia Levy


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The result was keep. Liz Read! Talk! 04:53, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

Claudia Levy

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I can't find much of anything from newspapers.com, google books, the internet archive, or any other source that might turn something up on an American journalist and activist. It does pain me to delete an article about a claudia, so I'd be somewhat happy to be proven wrong. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 00:39, 18 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Women, Journalism,  and United States of America. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 00:39, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment On GBooks, she appears to be widely-cited, and on GNews, I found this: Getting There: Women in the newsroom (CJR, 1984, "The situation at The Washington Post is fairly typical. The Post has beefed up the number of women on its news staff con­siderably since it reached an out-of-court settlement in 1980 [...] But there are currently no women staff foreign correspondents, and “there aren’t many of us in power jobs,” says Claudia Levy, editor of the Post’s Maryland Weekly section and head of the women’s caucus that negotiated the settlement.") Beccaynr (talk) 01:12, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * According to WaPo in 1980, there had been a 1972 EEOC complaint filed on behalf of women employees that settled in 1980: ""It's strictly token back pay," said Claudia Levy, editor of the newspaper's real estate section and head of the women's committee that filed the complaint. "But the affirmative action element is promising."" In addition to that, she was also a lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit alleging violations of federal labor law related to overtime pay (NYT/AP, 1986), which is not a passing mention, because the brief article is directly about what she (and her co-plaintiffs) have done. Beccaynr (talk) 01:34, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * The Washington Post source for the EEOC complaint wouldn't count for notability, it's not an independent source (though it is reputable). She's one of five lead plaintiffs in the NYT case, which I guess counts but only somewhat? She is pretty widely cited in GBooks, I presume for her role in breaking the Watergate story – could that count? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 01:37, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * WP:JOURNALIST#1 includes, "is widely cited by peers or successors", and I have not yet looked closely at the specifics. Also, the Columbia Journalism Review is independent/reliable and discusses the same EEOC complaint reported by WaPo - but four years later, supporting its significance and placing it in further secondary context. I cited WaPo to help guide research - it has more specific dates and details, and none of this is currently in the article. The NYT/AP article indicates there may be more coverage available for the other case, and that she had a lead role. Beccaynr (talk) 01:54, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment via the WP Library, her obit writing is noted by The Progressive, in an October 2001 article "Why the 'Washington Post' Op-Ed Page Is So Dull" as follows: "Oddly, while the op-ed page languishes, much of the rest of the paper is a showcase for journalism ranging from first-class to world-class. There is the investigative reporting of Sari Horwitz, the criticism of Tom Shales and Tim Page, Mary McGrory, the Metro columns of Courtland Milloy, Bob Levey, and Marc Fisher, and the obituary writing of Claudia Levy and Adam Bernstein."
 * via ProQuest, the AP/NYT reports "Complaint on Sex Discrimination Settled at The Washington Post" 20 Nov 1980, including "Claudia Levy, head of the women's committee that filed the complaint, said: "It's strictly token back pay. But the affirmative action element is promising.""
 * Politico reprinted quotes from her WaPo obit, including: "a Washington Post journalist and union activist who battled successfully in the 1970s for the increased hiring of women in the newsroom as well as more equitable pay and opportunities for their advancement [...] In a reporting and Newspaper Guild career spanning nearly 40 years, Ms. Levy was wholly unimpressed by power and wholly unintimidated by those who wielded it." Dec. 9, 2021.
 * On GBooks, it appears that her obits and other writing (including about women's activism), not her early 1970s reporting on court proceedings related to the Watergate burglars, are what are cited in various books. Beccaynr (talk) 02:42, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * [Edit conflict with Beccaynr above, who draws attention to some of the same material] Comment, leaning Keep. This might be one of those IAR cases. I can see that the Washington Post obit is not independent, but it seems reasonably reliable and enables writing a decent article about Levy. Her political work appears to have been in the 1970s which is a bit of a dead spot for online coverage. Via Proquest: Half para noting the WashPost obit (Passing: Claudia Levy Anonymous. Media Report to Women; Coltons Point Vol. 50, Iss. 1, (Winter 2022): 23.). Another similar with just a quotation from the WP obit (POLITICO Playbook: Why tongues are wagging inside the House GOP Lizza, Ryan; Bade, Rachael; Daniels, Eugene; Palmeri, Tara. Politico, Arlington: POLITICO LLC. Dec 9, 2021. ) Via WL Ebsco: There's a brief note on her retirement (couple of sentences and quotation; Cashing Out. American Journalism Review, 10678654, Apr/May2004, Vol. 26, Issue 2). Her obituary writing is praised: "Oddly, while the op-ed page languishes, much of the rest of the paper is a showcase for journalism ranging from first-class to world-class. There is ... the obituary writing of Claudia Levy and Adam Bernstein. " (McCarthy, Colman. Progressive. Oct2001, Vol. 65 Issue 10, p25. 4p.) T Quotation (Pekow, Charles. Labor rulings in conflict. Quill, 00336475, Apr95, Vol. 83, Issue 3). Lots more hits in both, but seem to be several other people of the same name, one of whom is in the news a lot atm. Haven't checked GoogleBooks. Espresso Addict (talk) 02:54, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I am also leaning Keep with a referral to the Women in Red Wikiproject for assistance with further developing the article. There is independent and reliable coverage about her organizing work and two lawsuits, as well as commentary about her obit writing and evidence that her work has been widely-cited, so she appears to have some WP:BASIC notability both as a journalist and an activist. Beccaynr (talk) 03:04, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Her work as a member of the union bargaining committee is also noted in Labor Relations Week, 1987 (GBooks), and the AJR source noted above also includes a mini-profile of her and other reporters: "CLAUDIA LEVY, age 60 Post life : 38 years ; her last job was writing obituaries Post Post life : working as a part - time manager of an art gallery What it's like out there : " I do silk painting, which I've been doing for years ...", but it is not completely accessible. Beccaynr (talk) 03:26, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep, she's likely notable for her journalism and union work, and it looks like there's just enough out there to support an article. I was able to add a few more details with refs. Her middle name was Dale and she was born in December 1943, not in 1944. That may help with locating more and better sources. Penny Richards (talk) 16:51, 19 October 2022 (UTC)


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