Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hannah Tompkins


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The result was   keep.   A rbitrarily 0   ( talk ) 15:00, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Hannah Tompkins

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Tomkins only apparent notability is that she married Daniel D. Tompkins, a US vice-president. It doesn't appear that she was involved in any political or social issues and the only apparent notability is her marriage. As notability is not inherited, this page should be deleted. D O N D E groovily  Talk to me  04:57, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment- See Talk:Daniel D. Tompkins (her husband's article's talk page) for the 3 year discussion of a merger, which, with a redirect, is the worst case result of a Second Lady of the United States. Note also, Template:US Second Ladies. Dru of Id (talk) 05:14, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Further, note that she was First lady of New York 1807-1817. Dru of Id (talk) 09:30, 28 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Merge with her husband. I can't find any evidence of independent achievements, and Tomkins himself doesn't seem to be the subject of works that would offer detail on his wife (e.g. no major biographies of him).  There's a very small amount of info in her article that's not in Daniel D. Tompkins (e.g. her mother). --Colapeninsula (talk) 18:06, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * There was a 334 page biography of Daniel published in 1968. Only snips can be viewed online.--Milowent • hasspoken  17:37, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 19:08, 28 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep: As a Second Lady of the United States, let's not be hasty to merge.  All of them have their own articles, and just plucking this one out not as a part of some greater scheme doesn't make sense.--Milowent • hasspoken  16:21, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I would note that at least four editors in the merge discussion started in 2009 were against the merge as well.--Milowent • hasspoken 16:26, 29 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep in general, all spouse of US VP's do seem to have encyclopedic notability.  DGG ( talk ) 05:09, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep, notable position; a heartbeat away from being first lady. bd2412  T 03:08, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
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