Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marvella Bayh


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) MrScorch6200  (talk &#124; ctrb) 22:59, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

Marvella Bayh

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No serious claim to notability, the main claims to fame being that she was wife and mother of two politicians. More like a personal essay or reflection than an encyclopaedia article ("she began her career as the ultimate political wife" etc etc). Of the two references, one is a book of which she was a co-author, and the other is merely a page that lists members of her family. JamesBWatson (talk) 16:27, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:08, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete- Fails on WP:GNG. Relationships do not confer notability. Hitro  talk 18:17, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Stifle (talk) 16:21, 8 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. She was a highly notable public figure, especially for her work as an advocate for cancer patients.  In the words of People Magazine, when she died she "was accorded a tribute like no other woman in public life since Eleanor Roosevelt."  Here is a 1976 profile from the Christian Science Monitor (reprinted in a newspaper), a version of her AP obituary  and here is a recent article attesting to her significance in Indiana entitled "Marvella Bayh legacy part of state’s history".  --Arxiloxos (talk) 20:30, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep Clicking on either the web search or the books search turns up sources.  wp:Notability is defined by the topic and not the article, and wp:notability is not bestowed.  The Journal Gazette reports, regarding a 2013 magazine Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History, "...an article about Marvella Bayh, the first wife of former U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh of Indiana...stretches across 10 pages of the magazine."  Unscintillating (talk) 04:22, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
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