Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roberta Sheridan


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. (non-admin closure) CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 17:28, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

Roberta Sheridan

 * – ( View AfD View log  Stats )

In its current form the article does not appear to display any form of notability except by the fact he was 'one of the first African American teachers in Baltimore City'. However given he was not the first I don't think even this is enough to pass the notability guidelines for people therefore I propose deletion. Vasemmistolainen (talk) 22:42, 13 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep and improve. There are citations that indicate that the The Baltimore Sun (the newspaper of record for MD) says she (not he, as you have written) was the first African American teacher in Baltimore, and another that indicates she was a "prominent" teacher in the Baltimore Afro-American which is the longest running African American family owned newspaper in the country. Furthermore, even if she were only one of the first African American teacher in Baltimore, she would still likely be the first African American woman teacher in Baltimore. As an aside, (honest question) is there a rule that specifies that we can only include the first African American, or woman, or queer person person to fill a certain role? In good faith. --Theredproject (talk) 00:03, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is not a platform to publish original research, and with the lone exception of the obituary, that is what this article constitutes. There have been multiple scholarly books on the history of African-Americans in Baltimore published. If Someone could show mentions of Roberta Sheridan in these works, than keeping the article would be justified. Since such has not happened, having the article is not justified.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:25, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * delete per JPL. I too could only find a couple of passing references to her as a pioneering teacher, and everything else is textbook WP:OR. Mangoe (talk) 15:29, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Keepp If the MSA has a bio, I'm going to count that as sufficient notability. Mangoe (talk) 12:28, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete Nothing to establish notability. As they said in the 'ol days, just references not maketh an article. -- QEDK ( 愛  •  海 ) 05:51, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep and improve. I think this article has some merit and since this article was barely created a week or two ago, then maybe we should give it some time to see if it can get expanded to something better. If better sources cannot be provided or if there is little content then maybe it can be removed at a later time. But I think giving it some time would be wiser at this point.Huitzilopochtli1990 (talk) 05:45, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   09:59, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:56, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:56, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:56, 22 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep. I added two sources, one from the 2000 Congressional Record calling her the first African-American public school teacher in all of Maryland, and another from a 1994 book about a long controversy that ended with her hiring. I think this much-later attention to such long ago events, plus the two contemporary sources we already had (not counting the legal documents which add nothing to notability), are enough for WP:GNG, especially in light of WP:RECENTISM. —David Eppstein (talk) 03:36, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep passes WP:GNG, per David Eppstein's comment above. The first line of the current version is basically ready-made as a "Did You Know?" item for the main page. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 18:00, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep -- the "first female AA teacher in Baltimore" is a sufficient claim of significance, in my mind. Here's the Congressional Record doc: Congressional Record Vol. 146-Part 2. The article would be an acceptable stub on a historic figure. K.e.coffman (talk) 01:01, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep - the new sources support the article subject's notability. Cook&#39;s Kitchen (talk) 01:32, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep First African American teacher is a historically notable achievement. I found this biography in the state archives which contains a list of references. This article can be expanded easily.--DreamLinker (talk) 18:03, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep passes WP:GNG per David Eppstein.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 11:51, 28 October 2017 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.