Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Louise Laroche


 * 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   merge to Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 21:43, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Louise Laroche

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 * Delete. "Suggestion", and it is only that, of notability due to presumed racial characteristics, are not persuasive. WP:NN Student7 (talk) 01:00, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. Her father, Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche (also undergoing Afd), has been written about, but not the then one-year-old daughter to any significant extent. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:53, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 19:58, 19 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. She is notable not only as one of the three Black passengers aboard the RMS Titanic, but as a published witness to one of the 20th century's most written-about events, and as one of the disaster's last remaining survivors. I notice Millvina Dean, Mary Davies Wilburn, Edith Brown aren't having their entries deleted. Her race shouldn't be a reason to delete this article. Am86 (talk) 04:08, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —Tom Morris (talk) 15:09, 29 February 2012 (UTC)




 * Keep - This article from the glossy, mass circulation Ebony magazine, "What Happened to the Only Black Family on the Titanic?'' should get this bio 90% over the notability bar, in my estimation. I ordinarily would have argued for merger of this piece with Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche, but it appears that this is large enough and substantial enough to continue to stand on its own. Carrite (talk) 18:34, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
 * While she may just meet WP:GNG, I think it would probably be a better idea to merge this with her father's article or create an article specifically on their family. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:19, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
 * merge The article on her father was reasonably enough kept. She had no particular noteworthy role apart from him. One article is sufficient. Additional coverage of her is just incidental.  DGG ( talk ) 03:44, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.