Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Heather Mills (journalist)


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The result was   delete. notability comes from sources not from mentions or working in the media so the delete arguments appear the ones based on policy Spartaz Humbug! 03:23, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Heather Mills (journalist)

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Clearly her name is notable. But 2 of 3 sources mentioning her, are really not concerned with her, but with the more famous name holder. Then, there's an interview, which really doesn't count in showing notability. There seems to be no 3rd party reliable source that provides substantive biographical details about this Heather Mills, and not the other. Rob (talk) 19:15, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:27, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. This Heather Mills is only mentioned in sources discussing how she gets mixed up with the better-known Heather Mills, and indeed this article was created to bluelink this woman's name in the other Heather Mills article. The article was red-linked at 20:17 March 21, 2008, then created two minutes later. Nothing wrong with doing that, but in this case it meant the issue of notability wasn't fully considered. SlimVirgin  talk| contribs 19:57, 21 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep It's a bit more serious than sometimes getting mixed up, McCartney's ex-wife has made serious attempts to impersonate her, and this implies that she has some significant standing as a journalist to make her identity worth stealing. PatGallacher (talk) 21:17, 21 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I don't see that implication, Pat. If she was impersonated, it's because the name is the same, according to the sources, not for any other reason. Per BLPIE, that can be mentioned in the Heather Mills article, but it's not reason enough to create a stand-alone BLP. Bottom line is there are no sources on this Heather Mills that we can use to create a bio, except to tell us that she's been impersonated. SlimVirgin  talk| contribs 21:34, 21 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete as an absolute best case scenario, this is a BLP1E, but I'm not even sure we can go that far. If the identity theft really happened as claimed, it doesn't appear to have been an especially notable or impactful case of it, as she doesn't appear to have sought legal action or even bother to discuss the matter until nearly a decade after as far as I can tell, and even says "I don’t think it did her any good". Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  00:47, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - clear absence of notability; I'd agree with Andrew Lenahan's comment above that this is a WP:BLP1E at best. (I'd say it comes close to being an WP:A7 candidate, in fact.) Robofish (talk) 22:00, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep She may satify Notability (journalists) as a writer for The Independent and Private Eye; see Ian Hislop mentioning her here, and her being cited at Geoffrey Robertson. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 11:30, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
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