Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marie Geddes


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The result was   delete. The argument that this is ONEEVENT hasn't been debunked. Spartaz Humbug! 18:13, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Marie Geddes

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Non-notable person. "Went on hunger strike, started eating again then died". A sad story but doesn't rate a Wikipedia article. Suttungr (talk) 18:42, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete, only notable for one event, the manner of her death.  PK T (alk)  20:10, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:18, 22 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete as above. Stormbay (talk) 02:42, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep, Geddes' action had been noted in the national news before her death and may have contributed towards some later reinvestment in long term care in the province. --Big_iron (talk) 10:23, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I searched Google News and found three articles. The ProQuest database has six articles. All of them are related to this one event. I could find no relevant articles since then that mention her as having a significant or direct impact on public policy. The Camrose Canadian article in 2006 does mention her name but there appears to be no direct connection between the funding announcement and her death. Suttungr (talk) 16:20, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * First of all, even from the few entries in Google News Archives, it is evident from the dates that this woman's hunger strike was in the news before her death on May 16 and had succeeded in calling attention to long-term care in Alberta, so it definitely went beyond "the one event, the manner of her death". It is worth noting that this hunger strike does make it into the book The concise guide to global human rights. I would also cite:
 * Fewer staff in long-term care facility - Alberta NDP call for action
 * Marie Geddes - Alberta Liberals
 * National Review of Medicine
 * entries in the Hansard for the Alberta assembly on May 2 and May 18
 * Marie Geddes hunger striker
 * Strike permanently over - another archived news article not from Google News
 * If this person/event/issue is going to be judged not notable, then at least let it be based on a thorough examination of the facts. ---Big_iron (talk) 10:29, 24 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep There is a good array of sources provided by Big iron. The subject appears to be notable. Stormbay (talk) 04:21, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Assuming someone actually adds the found sources to the article, keep. Bearian (talk) 19:23, 29 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep There may be exceptions, but almost anyone who dies of a hunger strike is per se notable. The fact that she was only famous for one thing is not dispositive of a failure to be notable. Neil Armstrong was "only" famous for landing on the moon.Sngourd (talk) 19:47, 29 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep Brought attention to the problem and a year later they made changes.  D r e a m Focus  23:51, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
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