Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edward MacDowell Medal


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The result was keep. North America1000 00:08, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

Edward MacDowell Medal

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Non-notable medal, fails WP:GNG. Notability is not inherited from the notable winners. Joseph2302 (talk) 18:18, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Merge to MacDowell Colony, who award the prize. If that would make the target article too long, then Keep as WP:SPINOFF of that article. 24.151.10.165 (talk) 19:32, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep per Cullen328 's WP:HEY work below. 24.151.10.165 (talk) 21:07, 9 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep There is significant coverage of the medal in reliable sources going back well over half a century. Here is just one example from a recent biography of Georgia O'Keeffe. In 1988, William Styron praised the award and its recipients. The New York Times published extensive coverage of the fact that bitter enemies Lillian Hellman and Mary McCarthy had both won the award. I know that notability is not inherited, but when you look at the long list of luminaries who have won the award and spoken at its annual ceremony, well, logic and common sense must be brought to the process of evaluation. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  07:14, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I have expanded the article and added seven references. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  02:51, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:39, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:39, 5 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep - the award was significantly covered by the media (as shown in the souces in the article), and the recipients (all notable themselves) apparently thought very highly of it. Passes easily WP:GNG. Kraxler (talk) 18:41, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep As Kraxler says, the recipients are clearly notable and with sources like the NYTimes, the BBC and Washington Post, I believe the medal is notable in itself. Liz  Read! Talk!</b> 21:06, 9 July 2015 (UTC)


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