Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Helen Svedin


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The result was Keep.  Jerry  talk ¤ count/logs 22:26, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Helen Svedin

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No notability at all. Having worked as a model is hardly notable, as there are tens of thousands of models in the world; neither is it notable to be married to someone famous. I would guess the only reason this woman has an article about her is because she is married to a Portuguese footballer, and that hardly satisfies notability. JdeJ (talk) 21:21, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sweden-related deletion discussions.   -- the wub  "?!"  21:56, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - Being the face of a major company does, however, make one notable. matt91486 (talk) 23:10, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * There's a Forbes slideshow here: in which she features. I realize it's for her role as Figo's wife, but Forbes is certainly a reputable enough company. matt91486 (talk) 23:12, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * And a Times reference which confirms her being the face of H&M. matt91486 (talk) 23:14, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * And another substantive source is here. I think there's enough on her to warrant keeping, needless to say. matt91486 (talk) 23:16, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, sorry, I'm a terrible liar. Her wedding is noted in this New York Times article.  Obviously the main purpose of that article is elsewhere, but it can be used as another source.  There's an AP article here that alleges that Svedin played a significant role in his decision to sign for Inter.  Other mentions in articles from significant sources, with various degrees of coverage, are here and here. matt91486 (talk) 23:36, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment. I appreciate you finding all the references, but each and every one of them mentions her only because she is married to Figo, never for anything she has accomplished. As for H&M, they change faces many times each year and she's no longer the face of the company. I'm half Swedish myself and lived in Sweden at the time she was the face of the company, and I don't recall a single article on her during that time, so I'm not sure how notable it is. While being married to a prominent president, or being married to a king, might be enough for notability, there are over 10.000 articles on more or less notable sportspeople on Wikipedia and I fail to see that their spouses would be notable, if that's the only thing they are notable for. JdeJ (talk) 06:52, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I understand where you're coming from (and I didn't actually see any articles in Swedish either, interestingly, just mainly English and Spanish), but there's still a lot of sources from very reputable publications in which she features prominently, as Figo's wife or not. I looked for the other model you nominated for AfD, and there's not nearly so much on her, and Raúl's a fairly high profile player as well. Notability may not be automatically inherited, but tons of mainstream coverage over a series of years makes a person notable. Additionally, the Diario AS article alleges some role outside of simply being a wife, regardless if her spousal connection is how she ended up with it.  I just haven't quite determined how to translate it it and put it in the article.  matt91486 (talk) 15:14, 26 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Merge to Luís Figo and delete the page here. Non notable in her own right. Cloudz679 (talk) 22:03, 2 March 2008 (UTC)


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