Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pamela Northam


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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 00:10, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Pamela Northam

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Not notable; being the wife of a US governor is not a inherently notable role, and no other notability claim. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 22:06, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete as presented. If more-than-local sources can demonstrate how she has used the role in a notable way then great, but this article is a Wiktionary entry, not an encyclopedia article.   78.26  (spin me / revolutions) 22:15, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete with no objection to recreating the article if future coverage by reliable sources warrants it. Nominator is correct that governor's spouses have no inherent claim of notability, and she has only been in that role for five weeks. All I could find were predictable passing mentions and nothing in depth. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  23:52, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. MT TrainDiscuss 03:36, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. MT TrainDiscuss 03:36, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions. MT TrainDiscuss 03:36, 21 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete after review, spouses of the Virginia governor at least are not notable on Wikipedia unless they are otherwise notable. I would have recommended a draftify if historically governor's spouses had articles; not the case. SportingFlyer (talk) 04:42, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete Spouse of an American governor is not automatically notable (spouse of a President is.) And although many First Ladies and Gentlemen of American States  have articles Category:First Ladies of Virginia, their notability has to be supported by WP:SIGCOV, my searches  show very little for coverage of Pamela Northam.  See:  WP:NOTINHERITED "The fact of having a famous relative is not, in and of itself, sufficient to justify an independent article. Individuals in close, personal relationships with famous people (including politicians) can have an independent article even if they are known solely for such a relationship, but only if they pass WP:GNG."E.M.Gregory (talk) 22:20, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. The spouse of a state governor might qualify for an article if she passes a notability criterion on her own steam, or if she takes on a public role that gets her enough reliable source coverage to clear WP:GNG — but she's not automatically entitled to a Wikipedia article just because a primary source "staff" biography of her husband on the government's own website technically verifies that she exists. Bearcat (talk) 22:47, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete - Not inherently notable and there's not much of a rationale for keeping after that door is closed. Fails GNG. Carrite (talk) 14:24, 27 February 2018 (UTC)


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