Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jessica Ward


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete.  Sandstein  13:21, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Jessica Ward

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This article was just nominated for A7 speedy deletion. I declined the request because the article has been around for over a decade, but it's true that there doesn't seem to be any claim of significance and the sources don't look like they establish notability. Tried a bit of a WP:BEFORE but there are so many other people with the same name that it's hard to find anything about this lady. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:24, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators, Women, Dance,  and England.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 12:31, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment she has quite a lot of web-coverage, though not of the highest standard. She does appear to be someone whose viewpoint is deemed valuable by at least some independent writers, e.g., and she has held an important role in a notable institution for a long period, in addition to her role in the Society of Heads, so I'd hate to see her expunged from Wikipedia altogether. If we cannot find sufficient to justify a stand-alone article about her, she should at least get a strong mention in our articles about Elmhurst Ballet School and the Society of Heads. Elemimele (talk) 13:10, 16 February 2023 (UTC)


 * The name is too common, I can't find anything about a ballet lady. Delete unless someone can pull up some decent sourcing. Oaktree b (talk) 15:36, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment, I'm not claiming she's particularly notable, but I'm really struggling with the implication that it's okay to delete articles on anyone with a common name, merely because we find it hard to do Google searches! Just add an extra term or two, like "ballet", and up she pops; it's really not hard to find her. My problem is that most of the sources either repeat the same information in almost identical words, indicating that they're probably press-releases from her institution, or they're otherwise closely linked to Elmhurst. I do think a reasonable approach would be to merge her to Elmhurst. Elemimele (talk) 11:55, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Speedy delete No indication whatsoever of notability. A mistake it hS been up so long, but that should not stop us from deleting an article that doesn't meet any criteria to be on Wikipedia. Jeppiz (talk) 18:11, 17 February 2023 (UTC)


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