Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joan Kelley Walker


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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 20:07, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

Joan Kelley Walker

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Résumé-toned WP:BLP of a person notable primarily as a Real Housewife of Toronto and host of a web series, not referenced to enough substantive or widespread media coverage to suggest that she warrants an encyclopedia article for it. Of the nine sources here, five are local coverage in her Toronto-suburban hometown weekly pennysavers, existing only in the context of insignificant local distinctions like the local "Women and Philanthropy" gala and the local "Give Back" awards; one just namechecks her existence in the process of not being about her; one is a primary source directory of her own writing for the Huffington Post; and one is a mere blurb about her in a "meet all the Real Housewives" overview. There's just one source here that's substantively about her -- but even that source is clobbered by the fact that Corus Entertainment owns both Global (which produces ET Canada, the provider of the coverage) and Slice (which airs Real Housewives of Toronto), making it internal corporate cross-promotion rather than genuinely independent coverage. But even if we ignored that fact and let it stand just because it's somewhat more substantive than anything else here, it still takes more than just one substantive source to pass WP:GNG. And then there's the fact that the article deeply overplays the significance of trivial honours like an award from her high school and the Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Medal (which is not an honour that confers an automatic must-include in Wikipedia, as it was presented to 60,000 people in 2012 alone). There's just no claim of notability here that's strong enough to justify an article, if the sourcing to support it is this weak. Bearcat (talk) 02:44, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete reality television people are generally not default notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:13, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 03:31, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 07:58, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 07:58, 26 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete: These reality show bios generally fail NACTOR, and this one falls into that group.   Montanabw (talk) 07:31, 1 October 2017 (UTC)


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