Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pauline Lafon

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was REDIRECT. dbenbenn | talk 17:23, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Pauline Lafon
Not notable. Deb 12:49, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * This was added to the VfD page earlier, but in a way that made it so no one could see it, let alone vote. Weak delete--doesn't seem to have done anything notable herself; she went to college, worked for a while, then started campaigning for Gore family members, long after Eleanor Roosevelt blazed the trail for highly visible politician's wives. From same anon as Allen Gore, above. Niteowlneils 02:10, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete--ZayZayEM 02:49, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I really have no clue why you people lose your time on unnecessary deletion issues like this one, Al Gore is a former presidential candidate, instead of doing that, please contribute to wikipedia by writing new articles. --VicFromTheBlock 10:07, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, as per Allen Gore VfD, being a wife of someone notable does not make the wife automatically notable. The article doesn't mention any achievements by Pauline Lafon. My vote stays the same on these. Keep expanded article. Megan1967 04:26, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * As I said at Votes for deletion/Alberta Williams King: A notable person's mother does not merit her own article on that ground alone. Notability has to be established.  It isn't by this article as it stands.  And, of course, Wikipedia is not a genealogy database.  There is nothing here to merge with Al Gore.  There seems little point in a redirect.  Delete . Uncle G 04:49, 2005 Feb 12 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable woman in politics. When she died, it was reported and she earned an obituary in the Tenesseean and Washington Post. She was the first woman to win Vanderbilt University's Distinguished alumni award in 1999. I will be fleshing out the article tomorrow although it should be in the name of Pauline LaFon Gore as that is what all the search results are for. Capitalistroadster 10:11, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Waiting for Capitalistroadsters contributions nd then will vote. hydnjo talk 00:05, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * There's no need to wait. Pauline LaFon Gore has existed since 2004-12-15 and has all of the above and more.  There is nothing here to merge with Pauline LaFon Gore.  However, a redirect seems worthwhile, since at least one person seems to think that her name is Pauline Lafon and it's a likely error.  Redirect to Pauline LaFon Gore.  I've already fixed the links in the other family member articles in order to orphan this one, and created a similar redirect page at Pauline LaFon just in case. &#9786; Uncle G 01:43, 2005 Feb 13 (UTC)
 * Keep. I agree - a notable woman. I didn't see the Pauline LaFon Gore article so thanks to Uncle G for pointing to a more complete article about this woman. There is no redirect from Pauline Lafon as of now but there is one from Pauline LaFon. Should we have both - Yes and have added link from Pauline Lafon.  hydnjo talk 02:16, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC) (changing vote to Keep).
 * Credit goes to Capitalistroadster for locating the correct name, not me. Uncle G 05:06, 2005 Feb 13 (UTC)
 * I agree with Uncle G that redirect is the right answer for this article. I reserve judgment on whether the main article is encyclopedic.  So far, the closest to encyclopedic content even there is "wife of a Senator and mother of a VP" - but it is marked as a stub so we should give it the benefit of the doubt for now.  Rossami (talk) 03:09, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I have added to the Pauline LaFon Gore article substantially. I have added her stint as a Managing Partner of a major Washington lawfirm during the 1970s, her role as Albert Gore Sr's leading adviser on campaign and political issues notably his support for civil rights and opposition to the Vietnam war. Redirect to Pauline LaFon Gore. Capitalistroadster 05:23, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry. I'd never have thought of looking for her under that name. Deb 15:59, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. The article to which this is now redirected should be deleted also.  Although now long and detailed, the article doesn't say anything different than that she was a political wife and mother, had some influence on husband and son, and was the managing partner of a Washington law firm that she founded with her husband when he was defeated in 1970.   That doesn't seem encyclopedically notable to me.   --BM 13:48, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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