Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edith Merritt McKee


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The result was no consensus. (non-admin closure)  B E C K Y S A Y L E S  03:24, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Edith Merritt McKee

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This article was created in November, apparently as part of the University of Calgary/Introductory Geology (Fall 2016) project. However, the geologist doesn't appear to be notable. The closest thing to a claim of notability is "McKee was the first woman to work in the oil fields of Saudi Arabia." But even that's suspect; the reference to this (the only reference for the article) is an obituary in a small-town newspaper, the Petoskey News-Review in Petoskey, Michigan (population 5,670). The obituary itself, which was likely republishing information provided by surviving family members, seems to have errors, referring to the "American Institute of Petroleum Geologists", but probably intending either the American Association of Petroleum Geologists or the American Institute of Professional Geologists ; which suggests it is not a reliable source in any event.

I can't find any further information on McKee to establish notability. Since this is a school project, I notified the project and held off calling for the article deletion for a few weeks. I figured the professor who assigned the article to be created knows something to support notability, and it just needs to be added; and I didn't want to throw a new contributor into the Wikipedia deletion process if I can avoid it. But it looks like it's not being updated.

I normally would have PRODded something like this, but given that it was academically assigned, I'll bring it to AfD in case there really is something to salvage here. TJRC (talk) 23:34, 20 January 2017 (UTC)


 * did you do a google books search? Beatley (talk) 20:28, 26 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Yes, but found nothing other than directory entries, at least where the text was visible. TJRC (talk) 21:10, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   17:15, 28 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Week Keep I was able to find several articles quite easily where she is covered in the Chicago area for mapping Lake Michigan, and on lake erosion and pollution. I found confirmation that she worked in Saudi Arabia as the first woman "Aramco field geologist" - which probably does mean the first woman geologist in Saudi Arabia. AIPG is correct, that org changed its name to Association of Professional Geological Scientists.  I think it adds up to just enough. MB 01:47, 29 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Chicago Tribune reports she made the first reliable drawing of bottom of Lake Michigan.
 * Chicago Tribune article on her disagreement with Corp of Engineers on lake erosion
 * Another Chicago Trib article on beach erosion.
 * Chicago Trib article on lake polution.
 * mention on erosion in Christian Science Monitor
 * listed here as author of bulletin on Philippine Island terrain
 * mention here on erosion study
 * mention about lake bottom diagramming
 * recognized in Mar 2007 Professional Geologist mag for being member of AIPG/APGS for 40 years
 * AIPG 2003 History bulletin reported she gave testimony to Congress in 1975
 * Geological Society of America publication confirms she worked in Saudi Arabia

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 12:47, 5 February 2017 (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.