Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Euvester Simpson


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 Talk 22:43, 22 April 2016 (UTC)

Euvester Simpson

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Fails WP:BIO; minor coverage in reliable sources. Fails WP:ANYBIO; no question she was a minor participant in the Civil Rights movement, but appears to have made no widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record. Magnolia677 (talk) 03:12, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep WP:ANYBIO is an "Additional criteria" of Notability (people). "Additional criteria" states, "A person who fails to meet these additional criteria may still be notable under Notability."  Euvester Simpson was among the group involved in the Winona torture and prisoner abuse incident, her name is mentioned in Google books,  Google Scholar, and Google news.  The article is a start class article that only needs development.  Mitchumch (talk) 03:29, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. GabeIglesia (talk) 04:09, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. GabeIglesia (talk) 04:09, 16 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep This article already has excellent referencing that shows that she was a notable activist in the civil rights movement, including books published by two university presses. My Google Books search produced literally dozens of books that discuss her. Calling her a "minor foot soldier" is deeply disrespectful and unsupported by reliable sources. I encourage the nominator to withdraw this belittling remark. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  05:06, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. North America1000 08:41, 16 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep -- The fact that someone gave her an award means that they recognised her as notable. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:03, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
 * But it wasn't a notable award? This has nothing to do with what this person did to advance the Civil Rights Movement, it has to do with whether this person meets Wikipedia's notability requirements.  There were many hard-working, courageous foot soldiers in the movement, and many, like Simpson, have been mentioned with a sentence or two in a book.  Does this make them notable enough for a Wikipedia article, or would readers of Wikipedia be better served to learn about this person from within an existing article?  Simpson's contributions to the movement could easily be added to the Fannie Lou Hamer article, and perhaps be more widely read if it was there.  Magnolia677 (talk) 21:22, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is best served by having the maximum number of well-referenced biographies of demonstrably notable people, even if some people pigeonhole them (in this case) as "civil rights footsoldiers". Cullen328  Let's discuss it  04:53, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Please see this, and these.... Learn some history friend.  Magnolia677 (talk) 23:08, 20 April 2016 (UTC)


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