Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Penelope Brown (journalist)


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  08:50, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Penelope Brown (journalist)

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A relatively common name, so research is tedious, but can find no in-depth coverage to show this journalist passes WP:GNG.  Onel 5969  TT me 17:28, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - I isolated serches with and without the middle initial, connected with her stated education and professional experience, and was unable to find anything in-depth. I did locate a LinkedIn profile which verifies much of the information on the page, but we cannot use LinkedIn for notability. --CNMall41 (talk) 17:34, 17 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep - Though it started as disambiguation page, I’d like to argue for keeping the journalist’s page. She’s notable because her experiences have led the way for female editors covering fields that have not been traditionally well represented by women: sports writing, traffic news of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and manufacturing technology. Coverage of her editorial contributions will improve the content on Wikipedia of journalism and communication beyond just broadcast news personalities. LingLass (talk) 18:46, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment - I would agree that this would be significant, but we need sources that state such. I was unable to find anything that talks about her work. Can you maybe provide some sources to look at?--CNMall41 (talk) 19:03, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:39, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:39, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete I cannot find sources showing significance.  Tried a range of keywords; came up empty.E.M.Gregory (talk) 11:14, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  J 947  21:14, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete The article is plagued with sources trying to prove that Brown was exceptional based on broad studies of the gender makeup of certain parts of the journalism profession. What we need is reliable sources that mention Brown as their actual subject, and these are lacking.John Pack Lambert (talk) 22:29, 27 March 2017 (UTC)


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