Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gillian Arnold (IT womens activist)


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 18:45, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Gillian Arnold (IT womens activist)

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No significant awards, no significant independent references  Most of the people in Women in IT  are clearly notable, but I don't think the mere inclusion of someone is a sufficient criterion. Certainly this is the case here, for she is the chair of the BCS Women group that produced the book, and she wrote the forward to the book. Apparently she decided to include herself.

I note that the actual contents of the bio sketches in the book are no reliable sources for anything other than plain facts: they were written in the first person by the subjects themselves, and the material that follows the autobios are no better than  press releases, for they certainly read as if they were copied from such sources. .  DGG ( talk ) 23:41, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
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Keep There are plenty of independent sources to establish notability WP:GNG. I have added several more sources and are more available. I never heard of her before looking into the sources for this article, but she is clearly an important an notable woman in the world of IT. --I am One of Many (talk) 03:30, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep The new sources put her just past the bar. Some are just mentions or the same quote, but a couple are pretty significant.  Dennis - 2&cent; 00:57, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Week keep more or less per Dennis, I find the Next Women and Computer Weekly references marginally reach BASIC, awards and such tip me over the edge..--j⚛e deckertalk 18:25, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
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