Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Early life of Marilyn Monroe


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The result was delete. KTC (talk) 03:16, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Early life of Marilyn Monroe

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There is no need for a separate article on Monroe's early life, as all important details of her childhood are included in the main article. Monroe was in no way notable in her childhood and did not begin performing until adulthood. The only details on this page which are not mentioned in the main article are the names and birth and death dates of family members who had died before she was born or shortly after; the purpose of WP is not to provide family trees for every famous person. Furthermore, the article contains a lot of false information, cites unreliable sources and contains original research. TrueHeartSusie3 (talk) 17:27, 21 October 2015 (UTC)TrueHeartSusie3  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete as there doesn't seem to be enough material to warrant a separate article. "Early life" bios are common on many people not notable in childhood (future presidents etc) but in this case it's unnecessary. —Мандичка YO 😜 17:34, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Marilyn Monroe. Someone is using far too many primary sources and extraneous detail to stretch this article longer than the paragraph or two it need be. The fact that Monroe (like every person), has an early life does not mean the early life itself has been the subject of a great deal of literature. These facts do not need a distinct article, they need good editorial effort to summarize and consolidate. --Animalparty! (talk) 19:55, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * It depends on how much early life detail is available for Monroe. I'd support if it was really detailed and encyclopedic and well sourced, far more than the main article but currently it doesn't seem to really be needed so I'd redirect unless somebody can really expand it fully.♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:48, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:26, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete as not needed. Covered in the main GA rated article; with that said, if there is any additional info. which is determined to be important which editors herein believe is not covered sufficiently in the main article, it can be incorporated therein with cites. Kierzek (talk) 12:07, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:01, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete, the main article tells readers everything they need to know at an encyclopedic level. I wouldn't even suggest keeping it as a redirect because no-one is likely to type "Early life of Marilyn Monroe" into the search bar and few articles link to it (only those with Template:Marilyn Monroe, it seems: ) -- Loeba (talk) 21:09, 5 November 2015 (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.