Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sheila Minor


 * 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. Per WP:SNOW. Arthistorian1977, please don’t nominate articles for deletion within minutes of them being started! Malcolmxl5 (talk) 02:10, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Sheila Minor

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I don't think she has enough notability to have an article of her own Arthistorian1977 (talk) 12:12, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

I have just started this page 10 minutes ago I will update further. She has become very noteable please give me a few days to gather info. The fact she was written out of history by being the only person who was not mentioned in the photo - that her own boss took is quite notable and has really stirred the public interest by the number of news articles flying around. Nejaby (talk) 12:16, 18 March 2018 (UTC)


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Minor is notable as a scientist and as part of the "Hidden Figures" phenomenon that was widespread in the US in the 60s and 70s. Contributions from people like her are a missing history; removing this article while information on her is still being surfaced would contribute to the problem. krobin (talk) 16:05, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

The problem with the article is that it stakes a claim to her notability as being unknown and unrecognized. What is she notable for apart from being unidentified in a photo? FloridaArmy (talk) 16:13, 18 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep - Per Krobin's reasoning and because the current media coverage is increasing the amount of material as we speak. WP:NORUSH means that we can let this be for a few months until the situation stabilizes . -- William Pietri (talk) 16:21, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep and give time to develop. WP is not paper. – SJ +  16:42, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

What is anyone on Wikipedia famous for apart from one thing? What is Mr Kipling famous for, apart from making cakes? People are talking about this, and I've seen a couple of discussions in the past few days. Clearly people are interested in her - look at the article references. I think she is worthy of inclusion in an encyclopaedia. FlowerFaerie087 (talk) 16:27, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep There is international coverage in several reliable sources. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 19:19, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. Early days for this article, lots of potential sources to build the article. A noteworthy scientist. Risker (talk) 00:59, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
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 * Keep Per Megalibrarygirl and Risker. Ckoerner (talk) 15:22, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. Even the New York Times is on the case today. .  Fiachra10003 (talk) 22:24, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep The Photograph / Twitter story makes her notable and would benefit for some more time to be expanded (Wikipedia has similar articles for other 'mystery' people - e.g. Andreas_Grassl) and with more time I'm sure we can uncover further info about her scientific career. Ammienoot (talk) 04:28, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep On top of all the other sources cited in the article, Minor and the photograph were the subject of a news article that ran in the roll-bar on the right side of the New York Times website yesterday and is likely to run for the next several days. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 04:52, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep Records related to Sheila Minor are in the Smithsonian Institution Archives collections. Minor is notable as there were few African American women participating in science at the time as there were still significant barriers to entry. --Digitaleffie (talk) 13:10, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per everyone in the thread so far. Sources are abundant.   Gamaliel  ( talk ) 21:16, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep Nothing about Huff makes her notable per se. However the above mentioned article from the New York Times and the coverage she has received over the last few days clearly show her to be notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:15, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep Plenty of coverage and references in the article to establish notability. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 15:29, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep - 4 minutes? Seriously? We're nominating an article for deletion 4 minutes after creation without giving the creator a chance to develop it? Clearly notable given just the sources now in the article. -- KTC (talk) 16:07, 21 March 2018 (UTC)


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