Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Grietje Jansen-Anker (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  10:13, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Grietje Jansen-Anker
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Very short bio giving no details beyond what fits nicely on a list. See WP:NOPAGE.

A trout slap however to the editors who created this article for deliberately ignoring the best thing we know about her! Perhaps they excluded this info because it does not fit their agenda of exploiting low profile super old individuals as participants in their amazing mythical race of longevity where being born or dying a few days one way or the other can decide which of a multitude of 'titles' they can earn, and participants are required to 'prove' their ages to 'researchers' who 'verify' them. Of course these hobbyists only track people in selected countries and make up their own rules that exclude 75% of the people on earth from title elegability.

Subject has requested deletion of this article (or she would if she could have lived long enough to see it). She rejected media attention and told the Mayor to buzz off when he tried to bring cake to her birthday party. . I'm loving this old lady so much I'm asking you to help her out and vote to delete this bio of a low profile individual who is notably not notable and spent a super long life trying to stay that way. Legacypac (talk) 14:08, 5 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep - She was notable enough last time this issue was raised, and nothing has changed in that regard. -- &#124;  Uncle Milty  &#124;  talk  &#124;  15:10, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Notability is not a problem when applying WP:NOPAGE Legacypac (talk) 04:05, 6 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep: She is notable and has enough coverage in independent sources to indicate this status. Delta13C (talk) 09:12, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete/merge to Europe list. Classic non-article which should be merged per NOPAGE, especially since (per one source) "Jansen-Anker was not keen on exploiting her age and refused to allow the media at her birthday celebrations, the paper says. Nor was the local Middelburg mayor welcome when he tried to bring her a birthday cake." EEng (talk) 19:25, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete, then redirect to the list of European oldsters. Wholeheartedly Endorse the WP:TROUT. David in DC (talk) 22:31, 8 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete as per WP:GNG and WP:NOPAGE. I don't even think this is notable, given that all "coverage" is of the "she lived ... oh wait, she died" variety, but let's set the GNG issues aside for a moment. There's simply nothing interesting or out of the ordinary to write about the subject. Her page can be easily summed up as a DOB, DOD, and a bullet point describing the brief time she was the oldest person in an arbitrary small fraction of the planet. This is classic material for a list. ~ RobTalk 03:12, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. Even if she passed the tests of WP:N and WP:NOPAGE, the subject clearly expressed a desire not to attract this sort of attention. While I am usually wary of deleting an article based on the subject's wishes (especially implicit ones rather than explicit ones), in cases of borderline notability such as this, it only serves as an additional justification to delete. Canadian   Paul  16:49, 11 January 2016 (UTC)


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