Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kathy Cronkite


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The result was keep.  MBisanz  talk 02:48, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

Kathy Cronkite

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Actress daughter of Walter Cronkite, with a few minor roles many years ago. Fails WP:ACTRESS and WP:GNG I see one profile in the NY Times from 1980, relating to a book she wrote back then, but no sustained coverage of this person and fails WP:AUTHOR. Should be deleted or merged into Walter Cronkite. Notability is not inherited. Coretheapple (talk) 15:48, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
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 * Keep Sure "notability is not inherited" but also one should look further than just Google for sources. If you dig into the newspaper archives there is plenty of coverage of her from back in the 1980s when she was active in her multiple careers. Sourcing in the article currently is poor but sourcing issues is not a reason to delete - instead the article should be improved. Here are FOUR different news articles about her that I found that could be added to the article:    --Krelnik (talk) 15:22, 18 February 2021 (UTC)


 * However three of the four sources you cite make it clear that her notability is related entirely to that of her father, so therefore the first example in WP:INVALIDBIO applies. That person A has a relationship with well-known person B, such as being a spouse or child, is not a reason for a standalone article on A (unless significant coverage can be found on A); relationships do not confer notability. The significant coverage here is all about her as Cronkite's daughter. The last source alone, her work on depression, and her small acting roles are insufficient to support a stand-alone article. Coretheapple (talk) 17:19, 18 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep. NOTINHERITED simply means that nobody is automatically notable because they're related to a celebrity. It doesn't mean that notability can't be inherited: simply that it isn't automatic. For example, Charles Windsor is notable only because of his mother, but reliable sources have taken note of him. Similarly, Kathy Cronkite probably became notable because of her famous father, but she did become notable, as evidenced by the sources identified by Krelnik. It doesn't matter why someone is notable as long as we have reliable sources showing that they are notable. pburka (talk) 21:38, 21 February 2021 (UTC)


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