Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Esther Gordy Edwards


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 Talk 01:10, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

Esther Gordy Edwards

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I am not sure Edwards counts as being part of a "enduring historical record" in the music industry. She worked at a high level for the Motown label, and later was responsible for the museum dedicated for the label, but I am not convinced either are notable actions. One of the arguments of notability was that she was labeled the "Mother of Motown", but that label seems to be more indicative of her very loving nature and her work preserving the history of the label than it was of "giving birth" to the label itself. There does not appear to be significant coverage of her work independent of her brother (WP:INHERIT) and it seems like it would be more appropriate to have her included as part of the Motown article. 217IP (talk) 15:51, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep. Subject of multiple obituaries in reliable independent sources -, , , , , , etc.  Clearly a notable person, irrespective of her relationship to other notable people.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 17:48, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment My nomination for this article stems from her notability as a business manager only being notable because the business itself is notable. Does the CEO of every notable company deserve his or her own article simply because they were the CEO? Even if he or she did nothing notable as a CEO? It seems like the cause her publicity after death is largely the result of the position simply being a very publicly visible one because of the well known nature of the company itself. Because of that, it seems like her notability is largely the result of the same principle as WP:INHERIT. If anyone can explain why this counts as notability, I would appreciate it since I am a new user and would like to better understand the guidelines. 217IP (talk) 19:42, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
 * There is no automatic notability for everyone who has been the CEO of a notable company. However, there is similarly no rule that a CEO's notability doesn't count under WP:INHERIT.  Instead, WP:GNG requires one has to assesss the coverage received by each such person. Cbl62 (talk) 13:26, 29 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep. Satisfies WP:GNG as the subject of significant coverage in multiple, reliable sources, including sources cited above by Ghmyrtle.  Cbl62 (talk) 13:26, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Michigan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:00, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:00, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
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 * Keep per WP:HEY and WP:BEFORE - many, many reliable sources attest to her notability, as found by other editors. Bearian (talk) 17:47, 1 July 2015 (UTC)


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