Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Margaret Virginia Whitley


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The result was   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 00:36, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Margaret Virginia Whitley

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No real assertion of notability, the only significant source is self-pubslished (BookSurge), written by a descendant of the subject.  Will Beback   talk    02:22, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Being present when her husband did something important doesn't really seem to be sufficient notability - and she's already mentioned as being his wife in the H.J. Whitley article. The self-published book mentioned above is about him, not her. There are GHits, but nothing that looks relevant - a couple of Wikipedia mirrors and then nothing much at all. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 09:59, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Notability is not inherited. &mdash; Timneu22 · &#32; talk 12:01, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Even the Who's Who listing given as a reference mentions her only in passing, as the wife of H. J. Whitley. She does not appear to be notable on her own. Incidentally, the linked article says that the book written by her great-granddaughter is the source of the nickname "Gigi"; my hunch is that Margaret was only called that by the author of the memoir, since "GiGi" or "G-G" is a common nickname for "great grandmother".
 * Delete - per nom. Fails WP:BASIC as either significant or reliable sources cannot be found to establish the subject's notability. As a WP California member looking over our deletion sorts, I tried to find sources to support this article and could not. moreno oso (talk) 16:30, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
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