Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Melvinia Shields


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The result was   redirect to Michelle Obama. (non-admin closure) Tim Song (talk) 23:49, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Melvinia Shields

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Michelle Obama's great-great-great grandmother. Not notable. &mdash; Chowbok  ☠  01:13, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. I'm not sure what the guidelines on ancestors of prominent people are, but I'm very strongly inclined to think that beyond one's grandparents at the most, independent notability would be needed outside of the odd case of a link between two prominent people.Tyrenon (talk) 11:16, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Michelle Obama. The information provided there seems to suffice. A relevant guideline here is: WP:NOTINHERITED.  Jujutacular  T · C 19:43, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  Listing there because she's related to a politician. —  Jujutacular  T · C 19:43, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Michelle Obama per Jujutacular.  TheWeak Willed   (T * G) 00:19, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect She is a likely search term Vartanza (talk) 06:57, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
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