Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Denice D. Lewis (2nd nomination)


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Spirit of Eagle (talk) 04:14, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Denice D. Lewis
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Deleted before as nopn-notable: I see no evidence that this person has become notable since then. TheLongTone (talk) 15:45, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
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 * Keep - Denice Lewis has sufficient coverage as a historically high profile model. Being on multiple covers of MAJOR magazines in the 80s/early 90s is notable in itself. Although most of the sourcing currently online is from tabloids such as the Daily Mail and the Mirror, I see two major "look how far the mighty fell" articles from 1998 and 1999 "How the Eighties IT Girl Became a Lonely WAS Girl" and "How the Model Who Shared Her Men with Diana and Fergie Went from the Cover of Tatler to Be Plain Prisoner No.5970649 in This LA Jail." Although those are not reliable sources, it's worth noting that they both play up how major and successful she was in the 80s, ten years afterwards. She also has notoriety due to her role as a "famous ex-girlfriend" of men who went on to be linked to Princess Diana and the Duchess of York, which has led to some slight coverage in relevant biographies such as . The article itself really needs cutting down and reducing to the barest essentials, but I think Denice Lewis is worth a good, straightforward article which simply states the bare facts about her modelling career, the covers/films/videos she did, and a few acknowledgements of her high-profile connections. There is certainly evidence of ongoing coverage/media interest over the years about this specific woman, in a rather depressing way, but sufficient for a basic article which states why she once mattered, than the hot mess it currently is. Mabalu (talk) 12:51, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment - I have done a quick tidy up and Wikification on my sandbox. Although the sourcing is a bit grotty, I feel that this is a far more encyclopaedic and straightforward article than the current one. Lewis certainly had a very high profile in the trashy press in the 1980s and early '90s - gossip magazines, tabloids, etc, but this was as much because she was a high profile model, as because of who she was dating. When people take a look at fashion modelling during the 1980s, I would expect to see Denice Lewis namechecked and given significant text space. Mabalu (talk) 18:28, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Keep per Mabalu. Pax 06:24, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 00:56, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep As per Malabu.    WordSeventeen (talk) 05:47, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
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