Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Diane Patrick


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The result was   merge to Deval Patrick. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  ♠ 23:14, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Diane Patrick

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No independent notability; is spouse of sitting US governor. Fails first point of Notability (people).  Horologium  (talk) 19:20, 11 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Merge/redirect - To Deval Patrick. Thanks 20:54, 11 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep - First ladies are ceremonial public figures. Yes, they gain their position via marriage, only indirectly through election, but the fact remains that they are constantly in the public eye and almost certainly the object of independent media coverage if you look hard enough. They perform public functions, in many or most cases, and they are likely to be the object of WP searches by the general public, adding a rationale of functionality for their inclusion. So, keep as notable per se. Carrite (talk) 21:15, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This bio is getting around 30 hits a day this month, which indicates to me that people are indeed looking for such things on Wikipedia. Carrite (talk) 21:23, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * And they're not finding anything here. There are four gubernatorial spouses who are redirects: Patsy Riley, Mariclare Culver, Supriya Jindal, and Nancy Schweitzer. There are 23 that are redlinked (plus three in the territories). This should be join one of the two groups. There is almost nothing available that doesn't discuss her in the context of her relationship to her husband, which is not sufficient to establish notability. In fact, the only references are a link to a Boston Globe article, one is a series of articles on the spouses of gubernatorial candidates, and a link to her bio on the Massachusetts state website. She is not Maria Shriver, an internationally recognized journalist, Marjorie Rendell, a federal judge, or Lori Easley, a Miss USA state representative; she's not even Andrea Conte, who might qualify for notability due to her 1988 kidnapping. Mrs. Patrick is simply a successful lawyer, which is insufficient to meet our notability requirements.  Horologium  (talk) 22:53, 11 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:47, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
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 * Merge to Deval Patrick's article. Carrite's argument is unpersuasive; the criteria of WP:BIO does not include any mention of "functionality," whether people are making web searches for a name or whether subjects have pictures taken of them standing at podiums.  If Carrite wants to give an automatic pass to WP:POLITICIAN for spouses of governors, he should hit WP:BIO's talk page and see if he can sway consensus to his POV.   Ravenswing  00:44, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge to Deval Patrick. She does not appear to have received any coverage independent of her position as his spouse. The only article I found specifically about her relates to her depression/unhappiness during his first year in office, which is not mentioned in the article and IMO should not be. --MelanieN (talk) 01:23, 16 August 2010 (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.