Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Janice McDonald


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The result was delete. Notability not established. &mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 02:55, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

Janice McDonald

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This article is not in some ways as problematic as other articles on beauty pageant winners. However it does not pass GNG at all. The sources are all either to works she created or comapnies she was affiliated with. Other than winning a state beauty pageant, she was involved in broadcasting at the local level, which is not enough to make her notable, and has written some minor books about localities in South Carolina, which are also not enough to make her notable. John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:00, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Weak keep: While each individually might not cut it alone, the total of all her accomplishments puts her over the top, IMHO. The bit about her family taking over the pageants in the southern states is newsworthy as well.  Montanabw (talk)  02:13, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete I'm having trouble sourcing this. A news archive search turns up many Janets McDonald, but I don't see her on the first page of hits. I looked for the pictorial history she published on a pair of Atlanta institutions The Varsity and Fox Theatre (Atlanta), but all I found was an author talk at an Atlanta bookstore listed in the local newspaper events column (This week's literary events; Webb, Gina. The Atlanta Journal - Constitution [Atlanta, Ga] 01 Dec 2013: E.5.) it's just a listing, not a story or a review.   Kept searching and finally found a 2006 feature story in The News & Observer that was picked up by the  McClatchey wire service and ran in 1 other paper (the Bismark Tribune).  However, it is  profile of McDonald's older sister, Paula Miles,  who was a beauty pageant producer.  It contains a single paragraph about  McDonald, "Her younger sisters, Janice McDonald and Ann Boyce, were the pageant queens. Both entered their share, and Janice advanced to the Miss USA pageant. Janice is the one who volunteered Miles for the job of state pageant coordinator, during a 1979 visit to the Miss Universe headquarters in New York City. "  That's the best I can do, and it's not enough. (feel free to flag me to revisit if anyone finds better sources.)E.M.Gregory (talk) 23:22, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:15, 8 July 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &mdash; Music1201  talk  03:19, 15 July 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: final relist &mdash; Music1201  talk  00:28, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &mdash; Music1201  talk  00:28, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete per above - the Keep rationales are very weak, and the subject appears to fail GNG. Mabalu (talk) 12:33, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete per E.M. Gregory research. Prevan (talk) 02:12, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete as not independently notable as a model or author. SwisterTwister   talk  19:30, 3 August 2016 (UTC)


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