Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gwendolen Clarke


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The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 00:07, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Gwendolen Clarke

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Non-notable city alderman. My PROD was removed with the comment, "Sources are available, though I don't have the time to expand this article," and my subsequent attempt to ask that editor for more information about the sourcing went unanswered. For my part, I haven't been able to find anything in books, news archives, or elsewhere, under this name or possible variations. There might be something in offline sources, but I can't find any hint that it would amount to significant coverage. For what it's worth, she appears to be the third female alderman in the history of Edmonton, Alberta. Appears to fail WP:POLITICIAN.  Glenfarclas  ( talk ) 03:26, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  — Eastmain (talk • contribs)  06:10, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions.  — Eastmain (talk • contribs)  06:10, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. The Edmonton Public Library reference cited in the article makes reference to two photograph sources, which would have been accompanied by a caption and probably an article as well: Edmonton Bulletin, December 9, 1942, p. 13 and Edmonton Journal, March 27, 1972, p. 34, with the 1972 reference presumably being an obituary. There are probably other print references from the time she was running for election and the period she held office. So the references exist, but cannot be found with Google, and it's not certain that they would be enough to establish notability. The article might be saved if someone were to visit the microfilm room at the Edmonton Public Library to see what these articles and photo captions said, but that's not certain either. - Eastmain (talk • contribs) 06:10, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:POLITICIAN. Also fails WP:N no significant 3rd party coverage that would allow her to pass. --  RP459  Talk/Contributions 03:28, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment After posting the above I noticed that she was married to someone who passes WP:N and who has his own article Joseph Clarke and that all of the information (or at least the substantive stuff) is included already in his article... -- RP459  Talk/Contributions 03:34, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:18, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete, alderwoman. Abductive  (reasoning) 22:55, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. As much as I hate to see a Canadian politician article be deleted, WP:POLITICIAN prescribes significant press coverage as the criterion, and I can't find any using Google News (or Google for that matter). In case anyone was wondering, the Edmonton Public Library article is available here. This doesn't establish notability as the criteria require multiple sources, not just one. JulieSpaulding (talk) 08:09, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
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